Matthew Chapter 13 verse 4 Holy Bible
and as he sowed, some `seeds' fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
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And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:
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and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;
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And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
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As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
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and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - And when (as, Revised Version) he sowed, some seeds (α} μέν). Here (cf. vers. 5, 7, 8) the seeds are, so to speak, each singled out. But in the parallel passages they are viewed as one whole (ο{ μέν). Fell by the wayside. Along the road (παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν), which evidently was at no mere corner of the field, but ran for some distance by or through it. And the fowls (birds, Revised Version, as in modern English) came and devoured them up.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The way side--i.e., on the skirts of the broad path that crossed the field. Here the surface was hard and smooth, the grain lay on the surface, the pigeons and other birds that followed the sower reaped an immediate harvest.
