Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;