Matthew 13:4 is the literal image of birds devouring seeds along the path, which this verse interprets as the evil one snatching.

Matthew 13:51 asks 'Have you understood?' — directly addressing the lack of understanding in the sower interpretation, with disciples affirming.

Matthew 4:23 describes Jesus preaching the gospel of the kingdom—the very word that is sown in the parable's path.

Matthew 15:10 calls the crowd to 'hear and understand' — echoing the need for understanding that is thwarted in the sower parable.

1 John 5:20 says Christ gives understanding, contrasting with the lack of understanding in the parable.

Hebrews 2:1 urges paying attention lest we drift, echoing the warning of inattention that leads to loss of the word.

2 Corinthians 4:3 says the gospel is veiled to the perishing — the same reality as those who don't understand and lose the word here.

Mark 4:15 gives the parallel account — Satan immediately takes away the word sown, identical to the evil one snatching here.

John 8:43 shows Jesus directly linking inability to understand with unwillingness to hear his word — exactly the condition here.

Luke 8:11-15 is Luke's explanation of the sower, identifying the seed as God's word and detailing the path soil.

Luke 8:12 parallels this — the devil takes the word from hearts so they don't believe, adding the purpose.

In Luke 8:5, the same parable describes seed beside the road being trampled and eaten by birds — the event that the interpretation explains.

Mark 4:14 interprets the parable as 'the sower sows the word' — directly parallel to Matthew's explanation of the seed along the path.

Mark 4:4 is the synoptic parallel of the sower — same seed along the path devoured by birds, providing the narrative without Matthew's interpretation.

Isaiah 1:3 laments Israel does not know or understand — directly parallels the lack of understanding in this parable.

1 John 5:18 says the evil one does not touch those born of God — a contrast to the unprotected seed on the path.

In John 8:37, Jesus says the word has no place in hearts — the same failure of the word to take root that the parable depicts as seed snatched.

Psalm 119:144 asks for understanding — the very thing lacking in those who hear but don't understand here.

In Acts 8:30, Philip’s question about understanding the Scripture echoes the parable’s concern that lack of understanding lets the word be snatched.