My ancestors were Romany gypsy

A long and often sad history going back to their oppression in Europe over the centuries and bigoted views of "travellers" to this day. And though it isn't that often mentioned, on a percentage basis, the Nazis came closer to exterminating more of the Gypsy population of Europe than the Jewish population. My wife taught with a Gypsy who lost most of his family to the Nazi camps.

A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.

This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved