he began
Mark 2:13
And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,
Matthew 13:1
And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,
Matthew 13:2-9
2
and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,
3
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
4
and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
5
and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,
6
and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,
7
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
8
and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.
9
He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
Luke 8:4-8
4
And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:
5
'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.
6
'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.
7
'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.
8
'And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
so that
Luke 5:1-3
1
And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,
2
and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,
3
and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.