Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

For sound trees do not bear bad fruit, nor bad trees sound fruit.

Every tree is known by its fruit. They do not pick figs off thorns, or gather grapes from brambles.

He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any.

And he said to the gardener, 'Here I have come three years to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why should it waste the ground?'

perhaps it will bear fruit next year. But if it does not, you can have it cut down.' "

When Jesus saw her he called to her, "You are freed from your sickness!"