Mark 4:1-4

Once again Jesus went to teach the people at the shore of Lake Galilee and a massive crowd surrounded him. The crowd was so huge that he had to get into a boat and teach the people from there. He taught them many things by using parables to illustrate spiritual truths, saying: “Consider this: A sower went out to sow. As he sowed some fell along the beaten path and soon the birds came and ate it.