General Information:

Jesus tells the parable of the soils to the crowd. He explains its meaning to his disciples. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables)

coming to him

"coming to Jesus"

"A farmer went out to scatter some seeds in a field"

"some of the seed fell" or "some of the seeds fell"

This can be stated in active form. AT: "people walked on it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

This idiom can be translated simply as "birds" or as "birds flew down and" to keep the sense of "sky."

"ate it all"

"the plants became dry and shriveled up"

"they were too dry." The cause can also be stated. AT: "the ground was too dry"