For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

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

For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;