Luke 8:5-8 "A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and were trodden down, and the wild birds ate them up.

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ "A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and were trodden down, and the wild birds ate them up. ⁶ Another portion of them fell upon the rock, and as soon as they sprang up, they withered, because they had no moisture. ⁷ Still another portion fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with them and choked them out. ⁸ And another portion fell in rich soil and grew and yielded a crop of a hundredfold." As He said this, He exclaimed, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"