1. That day Jesus went out of the house and sat down beside the lake.
2. Such large crowds gathered around him that he climbed into a boat and sat down. The whole crowd was standing on the shore.
3. He said many things to them in parables: "A farmer went out to scatter seed.
4. As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path, and birds came and ate it.
5. Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn’t deep.
6. But when the sun came up, it scorched the plants, and they dried up because they had no roots.
7. Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked them.