Matthew 13:4

and as he sowed, some fell by the road-side, and the fowl came and devoured it.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 discoursed largely to them in parables, and said: Behold, there went forth a sower to sow;

5Another (portion) fell upon the rock, where there was not much soil; and immediately it sprung up, because there was no depth 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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