Matthew 13:1-6 ▼

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

4 As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.

6 But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.