Luk 8:12, 11:52, Joh 1:7, 1Th 2:15-16 | ESV | STEP | The ones along the path are those who have heard ; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts , so that they may not believe and be saved .

Luke 8:12

12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not ^abelieve and be saved.

Luke 11:52

52 Woe to you ^blawyers! ^cFor you have taken away the key of ^dknowledge. You ^edid not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

John 1:7

7 He came as a ^fwitness, to bear witness about the light, ^gthat all might believe through him.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

15 ^hwho killed both the Lord Jesus and ⁱthe prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ^joppose all mankind 16 ^kby hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always ^lto fill up the measure of their sins. But ^mwrath has come upon them at last! ^{▼▼Or completely, or forever}