Jesus said: "A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed,
some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls
of the air devoured it. ... Now the parable is this: The seed is the
word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then
cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest
they should believe and be saved." Luke 8:5; Luke 8:11-12