Matthew 13:4

And while he soweth, some seeds felled beside the way, and (the) birds of the air came, and ate them.

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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 to them many things in parables, and said, Lo! he that soweth, went out to sow his seed.

5But other seeds felled into stony places, where they had not much earth; and anon they sprung up (or and at once they sprouted), for they had not (any) deepness 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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