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