Matthew 13:4
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
KJV
καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
Greek NT
Et dum seminat, quædam ceciderunt secus viam, et venerunt volucres cæli, et comederunt ea.
Vulgate
and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
ASV
And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατεσθίω
katesthio
verb · 14×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πετεινόν
peteinon
noun · 14×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ | WH/NIV: ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ | RP: ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ | Treg: ἦλθον τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ
- ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ — SBLGNT
- ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἦλθον τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ — Tregelles
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Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
1. They that are spectators of the heathen games, when they have learned that a distinguished athlete and winner of crowns has come from any quarter, run all together to view his wrestling, and all his skill and strength; and you may see the whole theater of many ten thousands, all there straining their eyes both of body and mind, that nothing of what is done may escape them. S…
Cross-references
- Gen 15:11 — And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
- Mark 4:4 — And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
- Matt 13:18 — Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.