1. Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.
2. A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore.
3. He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one:“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds.
4. As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.
5. Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.
6. But the plants soon wilted under the hot sun, and since they didn’t have deep roots, they died.