Bible in Basic English
"And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;"
— Matthew 13:3, Bible in Basic English
“And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;”
On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:
And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.