1. AND again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side.
2. And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:
3. Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
4. And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.