Mark 4:4

Plain English Version

He threw the seeds all over the garden. Some seeds went too far and fell on the road. The road was hard, so the seeds couldn’t grow there. Some birds saw those seeds lying there, so they ate them and finished them up.

Cross References

Genesis 15:11

Then some hawks flew down and tried to eat the animals, but Abram chased them away.

Mark 4:15

I said that some seeds fell on the road, and birds ate them up. Those seeds are a picture for God’s word, and the birds are a picture of Satan, the boss over the bad spirits. When some people hear God’s word, Satan makes them forget it, so they take no notice of its message.

Mark 4:3

“You mob listen to me now. A man wanted to grow some seed food in a garden.

Mark 4:5

And some seeds went another way. They fell on ground that had too much rock in it. Those seeds grew up really fast, but they had too much rock and only a little bit of ground, so when the sun got hot, they dried up and died.