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MATTHEW 13:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 13:3Matt 13:5
“And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:”
And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. The first soil — the hardened path where the seed cannot penetrate and the birds immediately take what falls there. The path soil is the least receptive: the hardness that prevents penetration means the seed never has a chance to germinate. The birds that devour what falls on the path are identified in verse 19 as the evil one who snatches away the word.

Church Fathers on Matthew 13:4

When He had rebuked him that told Him of His mother and His brethren, He then did according to their request; He departed out of the house, having first corrected His brethren for their weak desire of vainglory; He then paid the honour due to His mother, as it is said, 'The same day Jesus went forth out of the house, and not down by the sea aide.

Chrysostom · 4th century

By the words, 'The same day,' he sufficiently shews that these things either followed immediately upon what had gone before, or that many things could not have intervened; unless indeed 'day' here after the Scripture manner signifies a period.

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Ev., ii, 41

For not only the Lord’s words and actions, but His journeyings also, and the places in which He works His mighty works and preaches, are full of heavenly sacraments.

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century
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