# Listen
"Pay attention"
# As he sowed, some seed fell on the road
"As he threw seed over the soil." In different cultures people sow seeds differently. In this parable the seeds were sown by throwing the seeds over the land that was prepared for growing.
# it sprang up
"the seed that landed on the rocky soil began to grow quickly"
# soil
This refers to the loose dirt on the ground in which you can plant seeds.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sow]]