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
now the meaning of the parable is this: the seed sown signifies the word of God.
Matthew 13:3
Then he talk'd to them much in parables, and said, a sower went out to sow.
Mark 4:2
then he addressed himself to them in many parables, and thus began his instructions.
Fell
Luke 8:12
by the beaten road is meant, they who only hear: the word, by the lurking wiles of the devil, being hinder'd from taking root in their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the greater attention to the things we have heard, for fear we should abandon the gospel.
James 1:23
for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror:
It
Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? it is no longer fit for any thing, but to be cast out and trod under foot.
General references
Mark 4:4
some of the seed happened to fall by the wayside, which the birds light upon, and devoured.