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