“And as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
And He spoke to them much in parables, saying, “See, the sower went out to sow.
“And others fell on rocky places, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
“And it came to be, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the heaven came and devoured it.
And it came to be, that as He was coming near Yeriḥ
“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside. And it was trodden down, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.