Cross references

Mark 4:15

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Mark 4:15 BSB
  1. a Or the word; similarly in verses 16, 18, and 20; literally Now these are the ones

Mark 4:15 has 26 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Peter 5:8 (10 votes) and Matthew 13:19 (8 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 19 to Revelation 20.

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Which verses does Mark 4:15 point to?

The 20 strongest of 26, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 Peter 5:810 votes

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  2. When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

  3. Mark 4:47 votes

    And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

  4. Luke 8:127 votes

    The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

  5. in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

  6. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

  7. Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

  8. But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

  9. Acts 5:36 votes

    Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

  10. One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.” …

  11. We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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