15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with (A)patience.[a]

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  1. Luke 8:15 endurance

15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

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26 But (A)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, [a]as I said to you.

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  1. John 10:26 NU omits as I said to you

26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.(A)

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We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. (A)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.(A) This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth(B) and the spirit of falsehood.(C)

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  1. 1 John 4:6 Or spirit