Matthew 13:4

as they were sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Open English Bible (US)

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

3Then he told them many truths in parables. “The sower,” he began, “went out to sow; and,

5Some fell on rocky places, where it had not much soil, and, because the soil wasn’t deep, sprang up at once.

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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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