But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,

And coming down with them, he stood on a level spot: and the crowd of his disciples, and a vast multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

For there is no good tree which produceth fruit of a bad quality; neither doth a tree of a bad sort produce good fruit.

Every tree is known by its own peculiar fruit. For men do not gather figs from off thorns, nor do they gather from the bramble a bunch of grapes.

And as he drew near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carrying out, an only son to his mother, and she a widow; and a great concourse of the city was with her.

Wo to thee Chorazin! wo to thee Bethsaida! for if the miracles which have been done in thee, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago sitting in sackcloth and ashes, would they have repented.

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

And he from within answering, shall say, Give me no farther trouble: my door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed; I am unable to rise and give thee.

and ye like men, expecting their master, when he shall return from the marriage; that when he comes and knocks, they may instantly open the door for him.

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were debtors to divine justice above all the men who dwell at Jerusalem?

Then he spake this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came, expecting fruit on it, and found none.

Then said he to the vine-dresser, Lo! for three years have I come, expecting fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground thus useless?

It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged on its branches.

When the master of the family shall have arisen, and shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Master, master, open it for us! and he answering will tell you, I know you not whence ye are:

For what man of you designing to erect a tower, doth not first sitting down calculate the expence, if he have sufficient to complete the work?

THEN drew nigh unto him all the tax-farmers and the sinners to hear him.

Now his elder brother had been in the field: and when coming home he drew near the house, he heard a concert of music, and the chorus.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust you with the true?

Then the Pharisees also, who were dear lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered at him.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye might say to that sycamore-tree, Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

And it came to pass, as he drew nigh to Jerusalem, a certain blind man sat by the road-side begging:

So running before, he climbed up a sycamore-tree, in order to get a sight of him: for he was about to pass that way.

And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

And as he drew near, beholding the city, he wept over it,

And he spake a parable unto them, Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees,

For I tell you, that what hath already been written must be fulfilled in me, namely, "He was numbered with the transgressors:" for the things also concerning me draw to their period.

And it came to pass, as they were conversing together, and talking the matter over, even Jesus himself drew near, and walked on with them.

And they drew nigh to the village, whither they were going: and he was proceeding on, as if going farther.