On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that 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. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear." (Mt 13:1-9)
Jesus took the role of a teacher. As soon as he saw the crowd, he immediately took his position as a teacher: he sat down; he began to speak. He spoke in parables. Jesus was a teacher because he was communicating something. He was not just a model or a witness. He was all these; and besides these, he was also a revealer. He spoke in parables because parables revealed the truths about the kingdom.
People went to Jesus in crowds. They listened to him. They were happy with his teachings and messages. They liked his messages and his revelations. They considered him as a teacher of truth and that was the reason why crowds went to him. They valued his teachings.
Jesus should have been a very good observer. Probably he went around the fields and watched the farmers doing their work. I do not think that he was a farmer. He was a son of a carpenter. If he was so much aware of the details of the farming then probably he was a very good observer. He observed the nature so much, he even observed the nature in detail.
