Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Sower
It
General references
Bible References
Sower
Luke 8:11
This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message.
Matthew 13:3
And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,
Mark 4:2
He taught them many lessons in figures, and said to them in the course of his teaching,
Fell
Luke 8:12
The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.
Hebrews 2:1
This is why we must give the very closest attention to the message we have heard, to keep from ever losing our hold upon it.
James 1:23
For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,
It
Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot.
General references
Mark 4:4
and as he was sowing, some of the seed chanced to fall by the path, and the birds came and ate it up.