As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds† came and devoured it.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 4:4 in context
Mark 4:1–7
1
Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
2
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
3
“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
5
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
6
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- TR adds “of the air”
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