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. Context The Parable of the Sower
1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered to him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine, 3Listen; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. 9And he said to them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some'seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.
Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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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