Mark 4:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.

Cross References

Genesis 15:11

And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.

Matthew 13:19

The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message about the kingdom, but don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the message from their hearts.

Matthew 13:4

While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.

Mark 4:15

The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But Satan soon comes and snatches it away from them.

Mark 4:3

Now listen! A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.

Mark 4:5

Other seeds fell on thin, rocky ground and quickly started growing because the soil wasn't very deep.

Luke 8:12

and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so that they will not believe and be saved.

Luke 8:5

A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing it, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds.