Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

Then He told them a parable: “Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.

And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’