For sound trees do not bear bad fruit, nor bad trees sound fruit.

But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

And he gave them an illustration: "See the fig tree and all the trees.

Every tree is known by its fruit. They do not pick figs off thorns, or gather grapes from brambles.

He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any.

And he said to the gardener, 'Here I have come three years to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why should it waste the ground?'