Mark 4:1-6

Parable of the Sower and Soils

1 ¹He began to teach again ²by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that ³He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.

2 And He was teaching them many things in ⁴parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

3 "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

5 "Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

6 "And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 4:1-12: {Matthew 13:1-15; Luke 8:4-10}
• 2. Mark 2:13; Mark 3:7
• 3. Luke 5:1-3
• 4. Matthew 13:3f; Mark 3:23; Mark 4:2f