◄ Mark 4:4 ►
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Good News Translation
As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

New Revised Standard Version
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Contemporary English Version
While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.

New American Bible
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.

Mark 4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Genesis 15:11 And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Matthew 13:4,19 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up. . . .

Luke 8:5,12 The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way side. And it was trodden down: and the fowls of the air devoured it. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Sower
…3Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow. 4And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up. 5And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:4
And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

Mark 4:3
Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Mark 4:5
And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

Mark 4:3
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