Luke 8:5

The Parable Of The Sower

⁴ And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile: ⁵ 'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it. ⁶ 'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

Birds of the Air

Trampled Under Foot

Luke

Genesis 15:11

and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

Psalm 119:118

Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.

Matthew 5:13

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

Matthew 13:3-4

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

Matthew 13:18-19

'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

Matthew 13:24-26

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

Matthew 13:37

And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

Mark 4:2-4

and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

Mark 4:15

and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

Mark 4:26-29

And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

Luke 8:11-12

'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

Hebrews 2:1

Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

James 1:23-24

because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,