Mark 4:4
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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.

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 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 [seed]
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
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
ἦλθεν (ēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

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

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.

it.
αὐτό (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 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.


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

And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell along the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

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'seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.

And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.

And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it.

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

and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured 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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