Mark 4:1-6 ▼

1 And again He began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered to Him a great multitude, so that He, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

2 and He taught them many things in allegories, and He said to them in His teaching:

3 “Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow;

4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the birds of the sky came and devoured it;

5 and other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of having no depth of earth,

6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered;