4Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
2He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil.
6And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away.
7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
8Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”
9And he said, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!”
10When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables.
11And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in parables;