Mark 4:1
The Parable of the Sower
1 Again vhe began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, wso that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
Mark 4:10
The Purpose of the Parables
10 And ewhen he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.