Matthew 13:1-6 ▼

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

2 And large crowds gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the crowd stood on the beach.

3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, |Look, a farmer went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

5 And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.