As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.
Others fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil, and they sprang up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.
As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
“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.