⁴ as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

¹⁵ These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately ^(A)Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

⁴ and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

¹⁹ When anyone hears ^(A)the ^[a]word of the kingdom and does not understand it, ^(B)the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one sown with seed beside the road.

⁵ “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up.

¹² And those beside the road are the ones who have heard, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.

² And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “^[a](A)Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She ^(B)has become a dwelling place of demons and a ^[b]prison of every ^(C)unclean spirit, and a ^[c]prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

³⁷ And responding, they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “^(A)Where the body is, there also the ^[a]vultures will be gathered.”