When anyone hears the word of the empire and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in their heart. This is the seed sown by the roadside.
The seeds by the road are like people where the word is sown, but when they heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Those along the road are those who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.