Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

Then he will reply from inside, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.'

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?'

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.

If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

So the Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.

Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.