“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate it up.
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceit is a lie.
He replied: “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.
These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.
As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:
Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.
We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.