Now the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Every tree then that fails to bear good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Now the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Every tree, then, that fails to bear good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not everyone of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead him out of the stable to water him?

Then He said to them, "Which of you, if his son or ox falls into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath?"

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox that is treading out your grain." Is it that God is concerned about oxen only?

For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the grain," and, "The workman deserves his pay."

The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying.