The same day went Jesus out of the dwelling house home , and sat by the sea shore lake side. And great crowds multitudes gatherings were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship vessel boat , and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the beach edge shore . And he spake many things unto them in parables sayings stories , saying, Behold, a farmer sower planter went forth to scatter plant sow ; And when he sowed, some grains kernels seeds fell by the road path way side , and the creatures fowls birds came and consumed devoured ate them up: Some fell upon hard stony rocky places, where they had not much ground soil earth : and forthwith they grew rose sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth soil ground : And when the light heat sun was up, they were scorched burned withered ; and because they had no root foundation support , they withered away. And some fell among weeds thorns brambles ; and the thorns sprung up, and strangled choked suffocated them: But other fell into good fertile rich ground, and brought forth fruit yield crop , some an century-fold hundredfold hundred times , some sixty times sixtyfold sixtyfold , some thirtyfold thirty times thirtyfold . Who hath ears to hear listen understand , let him hear.