Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
Genesis 15:11
And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
Psalm 119:118
You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.
Matthew 13:3-4
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
Matthew 13:18-19
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
Matthew 13:24-26
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
Matthew 13:37
And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
Mark 4:2-4
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
Mark 4:15
And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.
Mark 4:26-29
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
Luke 8:11-12
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
Hebrews 2:1
For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
James 1:23-24
Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;