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.

General references

Bible References

Sower

Luke 8:11
Now this is the meaning of the parable, The seed is the word of God:
Matthew 13:3
saying, "Behold a sower went out to sow;
Mark 4:2
And He taught them many things by similitudes, and said to them in his instruction,

Fell

Luke 8:12
and those by the way-side, are such as hear indeed; but then the devil cometh and taketh away the word from their hearts, least they should believe and be saved.
Hebrews 2:1
For this reason we ought the more earnestly to attend to what we have heard, least by any means we should be found deficient.
James 1:23
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror,

It

Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt be grown insipid, wherewith shall it be seasoned? it is no longer fit for any thing, but to be thrown out of doors, and trodden under foot.

General references

Mark 4:4
and in sowing, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate it up: