1 Again He began to teach by the seaside. A large crowd was gathered before Him, so that He entered a boat and sat in it on the sea. And the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
2 He taught them many things in parables and said to them in His teaching:
3 “Listen! And take note: A sower went out to sow.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
5 Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and soon it sprang up because it did not have deep soil.