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