Mark 4:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

Cross References

Genesis 15:11

And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.

Matthew 13:19

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Matthew 13:4

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Mark 4:15

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

Mark 4:3

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

Mark 4:5

And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

Luke 8:12

Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

Luke 8:5

A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.