And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any.

And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?

And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;

for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.

For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;

And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.