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| | |<span id="4:15"></span>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. | | |<span id="4:15"></span>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. |
| − | |"As for the people who are on the roadside, where the seeds are scattered, Satan comes as soon they have heard the truth, and takes it from their hearts. | + | |"As for the people who are on the roadside, where the seeds are scattered, Satan comes as soon as they have heard the truth, and takes it from their hearts. |
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| | |<span id="4:17"></span>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. | | |<span id="4:17"></span>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. |
| − | |"But they have little deep-down understanding of It, so they endure in the Truth only briefly. Afterward, when they must face oppression persecution for the sake of the Truth, all at once they have doubts about It. | + | |"But they have little deep-down understanding of It, so they endure in the Truth only briefly. Afterward, when they must face oppression or persecution for the sake of the Truth, all at once they have doubts about It. |
| | |"Root in themselves" made clearer for modern English readers. | | |"Root in themselves" made clearer for modern English readers. |
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