2. And He taught them many things in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), and in His teaching He said to them:
3. Give attention to this! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5. Other seed [of the same kind] fell on ground full of rocks, where it had not much soil; and at once it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil;
6. And when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had not taken root, it withered away.