Matthew 13:4 Meaning and Explanation
“And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:”
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Read Full Chapter →Some seed falls on the hardened path, where birds quickly eat it before it can take root.
What Does Matthew 13:4 Mean?
As the sower scatters, some seed lands on the wayside, the packed footpath bordering the field. The ground there is too hard for the seed to sink in, so it lies exposed and birds snatch it away.
This first soil pictures a heart so trodden and hardened that the word never penetrates. The seed is good and freely given, but it finds no opening. Jesus will later explain the birds, yet even now the warning is plain: truth offered is not the same as truth received, and a closed heart loses the gift almost before it arrives.
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What does Matthew 13:4 mean?
Some seed falls on the hardened path, where birds quickly eat it before it can take root.