“A 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.”
A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up — the path seed in Luke is trampled on (katepatethe) as well as eaten by birds — a harsher fate than in Mark. The trampling before the birds arrive communicates the vulnerability of the word that falls on unresponsive soil.
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