Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away.

Vultures came down on the bodies, but Abram drove them off.

As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.

"Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up.

The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear; but the Devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts in order to keep them from believing and being saved.