and cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women; and blessed is the fruit of thy womb!

And already also is the axe lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that beareth not good fruit is to be cut down, and cast into the fire.

For there is no good tree that beareth bad fruit; and again, there is no bad tree that beareth good fruit.

For every tree is known by its own fruit; for from thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramblebush do they gather grapes.

And others fell upon good ground, and sprung up, and bore fruit, a hundredfold. While saying these things, he cried aloud, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And those seeds which fell among the thorns, these are they who, when they have heard, go away and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

But the seeds on the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, when they have heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with constancy.

He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a figtree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

Then said he to the vinedresser, Lo! three years I have come seeking fruit on this figtree, and have found none; cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

and if it bear fruit hereafter, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

And one of them, perceiving that he was freed from his disease, turned back, giving glory to God with a loud voice;

And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away emptyhanded.

For I say to you, that I shall not drink henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall have come.