Matthew 13:4

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

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And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

In Context

3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

5And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

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Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24

The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →

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