Mark 4:15 "Now these beside the path (road) are existing (or: are they who are) where the Word (thought; idea; message) is being repeatedly sown, yet whenever they may hear, the adversary (the opponent; adversarial situation; satan) is repeatedly coming and habitually takes away the Word (thought; idea; message) having been sown into them. pictures birds (vs. ) and the explanation of these as "the worthless person or disadvantageous circumstance" (vs. ) as that which takes away the seed/Word comment: the parallel passage in Matt.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ "Now these beside the path (road) are existing (or: are they [who are]) where the Word (thought; idea; message) is being repeatedly sown, yet whenever they may hear, the adversary (the opponent; adversarial situation; satan) is repeatedly coming and habitually takes away the Word (thought; idea; message) having been sown into them. [comment: the parallel passage in Matt. 13 pictures birds (vs. 4) and the explanation of these as "the worthless person or disadvantageous circumstance" (vs. 19) as that which takes away the seed/Word]