Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside—by the side of the hard path through the field, where the soil was not broken up.
and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up—Not only could the seed not get beneath the surface, but "it was trodden down" (Luke 8:5), and afterwards picked up and devoured by the fowls. What means this? See on Mark 4:15.
Second Case: THE STONY or rather, ROCKY GROUND. (Mark 4:5, Mark 4:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Mark 4:4:
Matthew 13:3
Mark 4:2
Mark 4:3
Mark 4:14
Ephesians 2:2
1 John 2:16
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