Luke 8:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 15:11

And when the birds of prey swooped down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Psalm 119:118

You spurn and set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them and their tricks are in vain.

Matthew 13:37

He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

Matthew 5:13

You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.

Mark 4:15

The ones along the path are those who have the Word sown [in their hearts], but when they hear, Satan comes at once and [by force] takes away the message which is sown in them.

Luke 8:4

And when a very great throng was gathering together and people from town after town kept coming to Jesus, He said in a parable:

Luke 8:6

And some [seed] fell on the rock, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away because it had no moisture.

Hebrews 2:1

SINCE ALL this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip away.