And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.
Matthew 13:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up. American Standard Version (1901) and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them: Common English Bible As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path, and birds came and ate it. Catholic Public Domain Version And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up. |
And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.
And other seed fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil and immediately it sprouted up because the soil was so shallow.
and it happened, as he sowed [i.e., scattering the seed by hand], some of it fell by the side of the road and birds came and ate it.
And it happened as Jesus was approaching Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], that a certain blind man was [seen] sitting along side of the road, begging.
“A farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain. And as he sowed [i.e., scattering seeds by hand], some of it landed along side of the road; it was stepped on by people and [eventually] birds of the sky came and ate it.