and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.
He spoke at some length to them in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow,
Some other seeds fell on stony soil where they had not much earth, and shot up at once because they had no depth of soil;
and as he sowed it chanced that some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it up;
"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up;
As he approached Jericho, it chanced that a blind man was seated beside the road begging.