Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Matthew 13:1-9

Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 13:1-9On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.Such large crowds gathered around himthat he got into a boat and sat down,and the whole crowd stood along the shore.And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:“A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,and birds came and ate it up."