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.
5. Other seeds fell on thin, rocky ground and quickly started growing because the soil wasn't very deep.