Mark 4:4

As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

In Context

3“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.

5Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

Luke 8:5“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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