Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Mark 4:15

“And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.”

Mark 4:15 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Mark 4:15, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Mark 4. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

14 The sower soweth the word.

15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Matthew 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the …
  • 2 Corinthians 4:3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
  • 2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
  • Mark 4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
  • Luke 8:12Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
  • Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
  • Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Luke 14:18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
  • Job 1:6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
  • Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
  • Matthew 22:5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
  • Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

More to meet God in Mark

Mark 11:24Mark 10:27Mark 12:30Mark 8:34Mark 9:7Mark 8:38Mark 16:16Mark 16:19Mark 13:9Mark 12:14Mark 7:21Mark 14:18Mark 10:14Mark 12:1

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.