And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.
Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.