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