Matthew 3:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Now

Hebrews 3:1

Hebrews 10:28

Hebrews 12:25

The axe

Luke 3:9

Luke 23:31

Therefore

John 15:2

Is hewn

General references

Luke 3:9

Luke 6:43

Luke 13:30

Bible References

Now

WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, contemplate the apostle and high-priest whom ye confess, Jesus Christ;

Any man who treated the law of Moses with neglect, was put to death, without mercy, on the deposition of two or three witnesses:

Beware that ye reject not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not, who rejected him, that upon earth spake by divine influence, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:

The axe

But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

For if they do all these things with the green wood, what will be done with the dry?

Therefore

Every branch in me that beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Is hewn

Every tree that beareth not good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire.

and seeing a fig-tree at the road side, he went up to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only: and saith unto it, Let no fruit spring from thee henceforth for ever: and immediately the fig-tree withered entirely away.

Then he spake this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came, expecting fruit on it, and found none.

If any man abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

but if it produceth thorns and thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse [of barrenness], whose end will be for burning.

For now is the time when judgment is commencing at the house of God; and if it begin with us, what will be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

General references

But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

For there is no good tree which produceth fruit of a bad quality; neither doth a tree of a bad sort produce good fruit.

And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.