"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.
And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
"You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.
And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.