And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
Matthew 13:2

One of Yeshua's missions was to judge the leadership of Israel, so he spent significant energy confronting and correcting them. Another of his missions was to put the people on a better path, to "fulfill the Law and the Prophets" in their sight so that they would be better able to understand it for themselves.