Luke 8:15 Cross References
Luke 8:15
15: But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.
Hebrews 10:36
- Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
1 John 2:3
- And how can we be sure that we belong to him? By obeying his commandments.
Galatians 5:22
- But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.
- Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
- If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.
- Let us not become conceited, or irritate one another, or be jealous of one another.
Colossians 1:6
- This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours that very first day you heard and understood the truth about God's great kindness to sinners.
Luke 11:28
- He replied, "But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice."
Romans 6:22
- But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
Philippians 1:11
- May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation--those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ--for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
James 1:22
- And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. If you don't obey, you are only fooling yourself.
- For if you just listen and don't obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance.
- You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
- But if you keep looking steadily into God's perfect law--the law that sets you free--and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
James 5:7
- Dear brothers and sisters, you must be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who eagerly look for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They patiently wait for the precious harvest to ripen.
- You, too, must be patient. And take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Colossians 1:10
- Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better.
Deuteronomy 30:6
- "The LORD your God will cleanse your heart and the hearts of all your descendants so that you will love him with all your heart and soul, and so you may live!
John 14:15
- "If you love me, obey my commandments.
Romans 7:4
- So this is the point: The law no longer holds you in its power, because you died to its power when you died with Christ on the cross. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, you can produce good fruit, that is, good deeds for God.
Luke 6:45
- A good person produces good deeds from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
John 15:10
- When you obey me, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father and remain in his love.
Matthew 24:13
- But those who endure to the end will be saved.
Romans 2:7
- He will give eternal life to those who persist in doing what is good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.
James 1:16
- So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
- Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.
- In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.
- My dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
1 Corinthians 7:19
- For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God's commandments.
Romans 7:18
- I know I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No matter which way I turn, I can't make myself do right. I want to, but I can't.
Ephesians 2:8
- God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
Ezekiel 36:26
- And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.
- And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.
1 Peter 2:1
- So get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. Don't just pretend to be good! Be done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing.
- You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk,
Jeremiah 15:16
- Your words are what sustain me. They bring me great joy and are my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty.
Philippians 3:13
- No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
- I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.
- I hope all of you who are mature Christians will agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.
Proverbs 3:1
- My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart,
Psalms 1:1
- Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers.
- But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law.
- They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.
James 1:4
- So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.
Job 23:11
- "For I have stayed in God's paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
- I have not departed from his commands but have treasured his word in my heart.
Psalms 119:11
- I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Hebrews 6:11
- Our great desire is that you will keep right on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.
- Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises because of their faith and patience.
Hebrews 2:1
- So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
Psalms 119:127
- Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold.
- Truly, each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.
- Your decrees are wonderful. No wonder I obey them!
Jeremiah 31:33
- "But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day," says the LORD. "I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 32:29
- The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses, where the people caused my fury to rise by offering incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
Psalms 51:10
- Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
John 14:21
- Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them. And I will reveal myself to each one of them."
- Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, "Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?"
- Jesus replied, "All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and live with them.
- Anyone who doesn't love me will not do what I say. And remember, my words are not my own. This message is from the Father who sent me.