As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. »The sower goes out,« He said, »to sow.
Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;
As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging.
»The sower,« He said, »goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.