Was Scattering the Seed?

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. ... Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear."

What is scattering of seeds called?

Scattering of seeds over a wide area by animals or other means is called dispersal. Growing of a new plant from seed under the favorable condition is known as germination.

What does it mean to scatter seeds?

Scatter is a verb that means "to separate suddenly and spread out in different directions." ... More commonly, though, scatter is used as a verb meaning “to spread about.” You might scatter grass seed on your front lawn in the spring.