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
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General references
Bible References
Sower
Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went forth to sow.
Mark 4:2
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching, Hearken:
Fell
Luke 8:12
Those by the way-side are they that hear; then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
James 1:23
For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass.
It
Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.
General references
Mark 4:4
And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.