Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 8:5

"The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it." — Luke 8:5 (ASV)

A sower went out to sow.—See Notes on Matthew 13:3-23. Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was trodden down is peculiar to St. Luke.