1. The next time Jesus taught beside Lake Galilee, a big crowd gathered. It was so large that he had to sit in a boat out on the lake, while the people stood on the shore.
2. He used stories to teach them many things, and this is part of what he taught:
3. Now listen! A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.
4. While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.