And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and ate them up:
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow;
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth:
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.
And it came to pass, that as he was coming near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.