And as he sowed, some seed fell alongside the road; and the birds came and devoured them.
And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.
But others fell on the stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.
And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell alongside the road; and the birds came and devoured it.
Now it came to pass, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat alongside the road begging.
A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell alongside the road; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.