Holy Scripture
Matthew 13:5
A church father on this verse
“What then comes of this seed? Three parts perish, and one is saved. "And when He sowed, some seeds fell," He saith, "by the way side; and the fowls came and devoured them up." He said not, that He cast them, but that "they fell." A fourth part is saved; and not this all alike, but even here great is the difference. No…”
Source: KJV New Testament
Original
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
— Matthew 13:5 —
6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: