Matthew 13:4

New American Bible - revised edition

And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.

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And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,

And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,

“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up.