The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 13:4

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And when (as, Revised Version) he sowed, some seeds ( ἂ μέν). Here (cf. Matthew 13:5, Matthew 13:7, Matthew 13:8) the seeds are, so to speak, each singled out. But in the parallel passages they are viewed as one whole ( ὃ μέν).

Fell by the wayside. Along the road ( παρὰ την), which evidently was at no mere corner of the field, but ran for some distance by or through it. And the fowls (birds, Revised Version, as in modern English) came and devoured them up.

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