Matthew 13:4 in the World English Bible
As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Context
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: