Matthew 13:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

Common English Bible

⁴ As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path, and birds came and ate it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.

Matthew 13:4 Cross References

Matthew 13:3

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 13:5

And other seed fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil and immediately it sprouted up because the soil was so shallow.

Mark 4:4

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.

Luke 8:5

“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.

Luke 18:35

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.