 And so He gave this first parable, which is the parable of the sower. Look in Matthew 13, verses 3 through 9. Now, I'm recapitulating. You've been here through these messages, but now we're going to tie them all together. And He spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up.