1. And again he began to teach beside the sea, and a very large crowd was gathered to him, so that he got into a boat and sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the sea on the land.
2. And he began to teach them many things in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,
3. “Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.
4. And it happened that while he was sowing, some seed fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.