Markus 4:4

4:4 And as he sowed, some seed ¹  fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Markus 11:20

The Withered Fig Tree

11:20 In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Mark’s version of the parable, like Luke’s (cf. Luke 8:4-8), uses the collective singular to refer to the seed throughout, so singular pronouns have been used consistently throughout this parable in the English translation. However, the parallel account in Matt 13:1-9 begins with plural pronouns in v. 4 but then switches to the collective singular in v. 5 ff.