Luke 8:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ A sower went out to sow seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the traveled path and was trodden underfoot, and the birds of the air ate it up.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

Common English Bible

⁵ “A farmer went out to scatter his seed. As he was scattering it, some fell on the path where it was crushed, and the birds in the sky came and ate it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ "The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the way; and it was trampled and the birds of the air devoured it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Luke 8:5 Cross References

Genesis 15:11

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away.

Psalm 119:118

Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

Matthew 13:37

And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Matthew 5:13

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

Mark 4:15

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them.

Luke 8:4

And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

Luke 8:6

And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.