1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
2 And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.
3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow,
4 and while he was sowing, some seed fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.