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