1. Another time Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat and went out on the lake. All the people stayed on the shore close to the water.
2. Jesus used many stories to teach them. He said,
3. “Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed.
4. While the farmer was planting, some seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed.
5. Some seed fell on rocky ground where there wasn’t much dirt. The seed grew very fast there because the ground was not deep.