When he was near Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Olive-Orchard, he despatched two of his disciples,

By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard.

No sound tree bears rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree bear sound fruit:

And he told them a parable. "Look at the fig tree and indeed all the trees;

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."