Mark 4:4

The Passion Translation

As he sowed some fell along the beaten path and soon the birds came and ate it.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

“What was sown along the path represents the one who listens to the message of the kingdom but doesn’t understand it. The Adversary then comes and snatches away what was sown into his heart.

Mark 4:15

What falls on the beaten path represents those who hear the message, but immediately Satan appears and snatches it from their hearts.

Matthew 13:4

As he cast his seeds, some fell along the beaten path and the birds came and ate them.

Genesis 15:11

Vultures swooped down upon the carcasses, but Abram stood there and drove the vultures away.

Luke 8:12

The hard pathway represents the hard hearts of those who hear the word of God but the slanderer quickly snatches away what was sown in their hearts to keep them from believing and experiencing salvation.

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out to sow seeds for a harvest. As he scattered his seeds, some of them fell on the hard pathway and were quickly trampled down and unable to grow and became nothing but bird seed.

Mark 4:3

“Consider this: A sower went out to sow.

Mark 4:5

Some fell onto gravel with no topsoil and quickly sprouted since the soil had no depth.