And it came to pass as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.
and as he was sowing, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path; and the birds came and ate it.
As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up.
While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.
And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.
And it came about during the sowing that some seed fell along the road. And the birds came and ate it up.
And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.
While he was scattering the seed, some of it fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed.
While he was throwing the seeds, some of them fell on the path. The birds came and they ate those seeds.
As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
While he was ·planting [sowing], some seed fell ·by the road [along the path], and the birds came and ate it up.
And it came to pass as he sowed, that some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the heaven came, and devoured it up.
Some seeds were planted along the road, and birds came and devoured them.
As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
While the farmer was planting, some seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed.
As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.
Then once again he began to teach them by the lake-side. A bigger crowd than ever collected around him so that he got into the little boat on the lake and sat down, while the crowd covered the ground right up to the water’s edge. He taught them a great deal in parables, and in the course of his teaching he said, “Listen! A man once went out to sow his seed and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside and the birds came and gobbled it up. Some of the seed fell among the rocks where there was not much soil, and sprang up very quickly because there was no depth of earth. But when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away. And some of the seed fell among thorn-bushes and the thorns grew up and choked the life out of it, and it bore no crop. And there was some seed which fell on good soil, and when it grew, produced a crop which yielded thirty or sixty or even a hundred times as much as the seed.”
and it came to pass as he sowed some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
and it happened that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
And it happened that while he was sowing, some seed fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
some of it fell on a path, and the birds came and picked it off the hard ground and ate it.
“Listen. What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it. Some fell on good earth and came up with a flourish, producing a harvest exceeding his wildest dreams.
As he sowed, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and birds came · and ate it up.
Some seeds were planted along the road, and birds came and devoured them.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
As he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
While he was planting, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
He scattered the seed on the ground. Some fell on a path. Birds came and ate it up.
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
As he planted the seed, some fell by the side of the road. Birds came and ate them.
As he scattered it across his field, some of the seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it.
And it happened as he sowed that some seed fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on a path, and the birds came and ate it up.
As he was sowing, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
And it came about that when he went to sow, that some [seeds] fell beside the road. And the birds came and devoured it.
“And it happened that, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside. And the birds of the heaven came and devoured it up.
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
It happened that as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and the birds came and ate it up.
As he scattered it, one seed fell along the hardened path, and a bird flapped down and snapped it up.
As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
As he sowed it, some of the seed fell on the road. Birds came and ate the seed.
And while he soweth, some seed felled about the way, and birds of heaven came, and ate it.
and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;
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