diff --git a/mrk/04/03.md b/mrk/04/03.md
index 3575cb0ca5..b1f30312b3 100644
--- a/mrk/04/03.md
+++ b/mrk/04/03.md
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 "Pay attention"
 
-# As he sowed
+# As he sowed, some seed fell on the road 
 
-"As he threw the seeds over the soil." In different cultures people sow seeds differently. In this parable the seeds were sown by throwing the seeds over the land that was prepared for growing.
+"As he threw seed over the soil." In different cultures people sow seeds differently. In this parable the seeds were sown by throwing the seeds over the land that was prepared for growing.
 
-# they sprang up
+# it sprang up
 
-"they began to grow quickly"
+"the seed that landed on the rocky soil began to grow quickly"
 
 # soil