As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, *Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
It happened, as he came near Yericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
*The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.