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# the word of the kingdom
"the message about God's rule as king"
# the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart
Jesus speaks of Satan causing the person to forget what he has heard as if Satan were a bird snatching the seed from the ground. Alternate translation: "The evil one causes him to forget the message that he has heard just as a bird snatches away seed from the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the evil one
This refers to Satan. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# snatches away
Try to use a word that means to grab something away from someone who is the rightful owner.
# what has been sown in his heart
This can be translated in active form: Alternate translation: "the message that God sowed in his heart" or "the message that he heard" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# in his heart
Here "heart" refers to the mind of the hearer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# This is the seed that was sown beside the road
"This is the meaning of the seed that was sown beside the road" or "The road where seed was sown represents this person"
# beside the road
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See how you translated this in [Matthew 13:4](../13/04.md).
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