So do I. Let's put them to use as instructed, and let's hear about this parable of the soils. By the way side. This soil is hard-packed.
Hungry birds patrol the area.
As it presently stands, this place just won't work too well for agriculture. Those interested in planting here will need to work up the soil and devise a bird-elimination strategy. And before the sower realizes, the devil has done his deed with the seed. Now, suppose you were the Gospel messenger. I had no intention of planting the seed, after all.