In Context

1 And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

2 and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

3 and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

Matthew 13:3 in Other Translations