Matthew 13:4

And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

5And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

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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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