Jesus taught a parable about different kinds of soil.

Matthew 13:1-10

13 That same day Jesus, along with us disciples, left the house where he was teaching and went to Galilee lake. He sat down there, 2 and a very large crowd gathered around him to listen to his teaching. So, in order that they would not jostle him (OR, to speak to the people better), he got into a boat and sat down to teach them. The crowd stood on the shore and was listening. 3 He was telling them many parables. One of the parables that he told them was this: “Listen! A man went out to his field to sow some seeds. 4 As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds. 5 Other seeds fell on ground where there was not much soil on top of the rock. Those seeds sprouted very soon, because the sun quickly warmed the shallow soil. 6 But when the young plants came up, they were scorched by the sun, and they withered because they did not have deep roots. 7 Other seeds fell on ground that contained roots of thorny weeds. The thorny weeds grew together with the young plants, and they crowded out the plants. 8 But other seeds fell on good soil, and the plants grew and produced a lot of grain. Some plants produced 100 times as many seeds as were planted. Some plants produced 60 times as much. Some plants produced 30 times as much. 9 If you want to understand this [MTY], you should consider carefully what I have just said.”