Mark 4:15

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan ¹  comes and snatches the word ²  that was sown in them.

Ge 19:14; Job 1:6-12; Isa 53:1; Zec 3:1; Mt 13:19; Mt 22:5; Mr 4:4; Lu 8:12; Lu 14:18,19; Ac 5:3; Ac 17:18-20,32; Ac 18:14-17; Ac 25:19,20; Ac 26:31,32; 2Co 2:11; 2Co 4:3,4; 2Th 2:9; Heb 2:1; Heb 12:16; 1Pe 5:8; Re 12:9; Re 20:2,3,7,10

¹ sn Interestingly, the synoptic parallels each use a different word for Satan here: Matt 13:19 has “the evil one,” while Luke 8:12 has “the devil.” This illustrates the fluidity of the gospel tradition in often using synonyms at the same point of the parallel tradition.

² sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against.