Matthew 13:4 The fowls came and devoured them up

⁴ And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
-Matthew 13:4 King James Version (KJV)

Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com

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Now as the "fowls of the heavens" signify truths of the understanding, and thus thoughts, they also signify their opposites, such as phantasies or falsities, which being of man's thought are also called "fowls" ...The Lord himself also compares fantasies and false persuasions to "fowls" where He says: The seed that fell by the wayside was trodden under foot, and the fowls of heaven came and devoured it (Matt. 13:4; Luke 8:5; Mark 4:4, 15), where the "fowls of heaven" are nothing else than falsities.