“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.
We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.