1 Jesus began to teach beside the lake again. Such a large crowd gathered that he climbed into a boat there on the lake. He sat in the boat while the whole crowd was nearby on the shore.
2 He said many things to them in parables. While teaching them, he said,
3 "Listen to this! A farmer went out to scatter seed.
4 As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path; and the birds came and ate it.