As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

Others are like the seeds sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, at once they joyfully accept it,

Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,