1. In that day, Jesus, departing from the house, sat down beside the sea.
2. And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boat and he sat down. And the entire multitude stood on the shore.
3. And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.
4. And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.