People hear the message about the kingdom but do not understand it. Then the evil one comes. He steals what was planted in their hearts. Those people are like the seed planted on a path.
What is seed scattered on a path like? The message is planted. The people hear the message. Then Satan comes. He takes away the message that was planted in them.
Reports of these things were handed down to us. There were people who saw these things for themselves from the beginning. They saw them and then passed the word on.