1. And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
2. And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
3. Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
4. and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.
5. And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:
6. and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.