Matthew 13:4

And as he sowed, some seed fell upon the side of a path: and a bird came and devoured it.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3An he discoursed with them much, by similitudes. And he said, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

5And other seed fell upon a rock, so that it had not much soil: and it sprung up forthwith, 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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