and, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and, the birds, came, and devoured it;
And he spake unto them many things, in parables, saying: Lo! the sower went forth to sow,—
And, some, fell on the rocky places, where it had not much earth,—and, straightway, it sprang up, because if had no depth of earth;
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and the birds came, and devoured it;
The sower went forth to sow his seed,—and, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell beside the pathway, and was trodden down; and, the birds of heaven, devoured it.
And it came to pass, as he was drawing near unto Jericho, a certain blind man, was sitting beside the road, begging.