And as he sowed, some fell by the ways side, and the fowls came, and devoured it up.
And he spake many things to them in similitudes, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
Some fell upon stony ground where it had not much earth, and anon it sprong up, because it had no depth of earth:
and it fortuned as he sowed, that some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
¶ It came to pass, as they were come nye unto Iericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging.
A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trodden under feet, and the fowls of the air devoured it up.