1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the farmer went forth to sow.
4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn`t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth.
6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
7 Others fell on thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them:
