And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;

And they come to Jericho. And as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the way-side begging.

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way.