Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

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

Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.

When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field:

But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his teaching,

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

For the earth brings forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.

Those by the wayside are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.

You have trodden down all them that stray from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its savor, how shall it be salted? it is thereafter good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.