1 That same day Jesus left the house and went to the lakeside, where he sat down to teach.
2 The crowd that gathered round him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the crowd stood on the shore.
3 He used parables to tell them many things. “Once there was a man who went out to sow corn.
4 As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.
6 But when the sun came up, it burnt the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.