Mark 4:3

1Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

2He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

3“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.

4As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.