1. Again He began to teach by the seaside. A large crowd was gathered before Him, so that He entered a boat and sat in it on the sea. And the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
2. He taught them many things in parables and said to them in His teaching:
3. “Listen! And take note: A sower went out to sow.
4. As he sowed, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
5. Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and soon it sprang up because it did not have deep soil.
6. But when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away.
7. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
8. And other seed fell on good ground, and it yielded grain that sprang up and increased by thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.”
9. Then He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10. When He was alone, those who were around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.