Mark 4:2-4 He taught the people many things using parables to illustrate His lessons. In His teaching He said to them,

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ² He taught the people many things using parables [to illustrate His lessons]. In His teaching He said to them, ³ “Listen carefully A farmer went out to plant seed, ⁴ and it happened, as he sowed [i.e., scattering the seed by hand], some of it fell by the side of the road and birds came and ate it.