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