and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.
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.
And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: