^{5 Ref} "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

^{6 Ref} Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

^{7 Ref} Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.