- *egeneto*
- aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - it happened/came to pass
- *speirein*
- present active infinitive - to sow
- *ho men*
- relative pronoun with particle - some/that which
- *epesen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - fell
- *para*
- preposition + accusative - alongside/beside
- *hodon*
- accusative, feminine, singular - road/path
- *ēlthen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - came
- *peteina*
- nominative, neuter, plural - birds
- *ouranou*
- genitive, masculine, singular - heaven/sky
- *katephagen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - devoured/ate up