That day Jesus left the house and sat down by the sea side.

Many people came to where he was. So he got into a boat and sat down. All the people stood on the land by the water.

He taught the people many things by telling them stories. He said, `Listen, a man went out to sow some seed.

As he sowed it, some of the seed fell on the road. Birds came and ate the seed.

Some seed fell on the stony ground. Not much earth covered the stones. The seed started to grow right away because it was not deep in the ground.

When the sun began to shine, it was too hot for the new plants. They died because they had no roots.

Some seed fell among the weeds. The weeds grew up and made the new plants die.

But some seed fell on good ground. The seed grew and the plants gave more seed. Some plants gave thirty seeds. Some gave sixty. And some gave a hundred.