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Matthew 13:4

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4and while he was sowing, some seedb fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and* devoured it.

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Footnotes

  1. bLiterally “some of which”
  2. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

NLTNew Living Translation

As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: