Matthew 13:4

and, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and, the birds, came, and devoured it;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 spake unto them many things, in parables, saying: Lo! the sower went forth to sow,—

5And, some, fell on the rocky places, where it had not much earth,—and, straightway, it sprang up, because if had 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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