Mark 4:1-6 ▼

1 Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea [of Galilee]. And a very large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat [anchoring it a short distance out] on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.

2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,

3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow seed;

4 and as he was sowing, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

5 Other seed fell on rocks where there was not much soil; and immediately a plant sprang up because the soil had no depth.

6 And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away.