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

Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Matthew 13:5
And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

Mark 4:4
And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.

Luke 8:5
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.

Luke 18:35
Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.

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

the way.

Matthew 13:18,19 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Sower
3And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow. 4And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up. 5And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.…
Lexicon
As
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

he was
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sowing,
σπείρειν (speirein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.

some [seeds]
(ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

fell
ἔπεσεν (epesen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

along
παρὰ (para)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

path,
ὁδόν (hodon)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

birds
πετεινὰ (peteina)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.

came
ἐλθόντα (elthonta)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

[and] devoured
κατέφαγεν (katephagen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2719: To eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure. From kata and esthio; to eat down, i.e. Devour.

them.
αὐτά (auta)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

And in his sowing, indeed some fell along the road, and the birds having come, devoured them.

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

and as he sowed, some'seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;

and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them:

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
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