the ax is already laid to the root of the trees: every tree then which does not produce good fruit, will be hewn down, and cast into the fire.

but you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut the door, pray to your father who is with you in your retirement, and your father who observeth the actions of your retirement shall reward you.

Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest these trample them under foot, and those turn upon you and tear you.

Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and the door shall be opened.

for every one that asks, does receive: he that seeks, does find: and he that knocks at the door, is admitted.

or figs of thistles? so every good tree yields good fruit: but a corrupt tree yields bad fruit.

a good tree cannot produce bad fruit: neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

every tree that doth not yield good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire.

new cloth is never patch'd upon an old garment: for the patch will draw the garment, and rend it still worse.

wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles which were done among you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

I declare unto you, Tyre and Sidon shall be treated with less severity at the day of judgment than you.

Either allow the tree to be good, and its fruit good; or else say the tree is corrupt, and its fruit corrrupt: for a tree is distinguished by its fruit.

'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

"this people, says he, draw nigh to me, they honour me with their lips: while their hearts are far from me.

Then Jesus went thence, and retir'd towards the district of Tyre and Sidon.

'tis true, Lord, said she: yet even puppies eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.

Jesus having left that place, drew nigh to the sea of Galilee, and went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Jesus answered, 'tis true, Elias was to come first and set all things right.

When they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bepthphage, to the mount of Olives, Jesus dispatched two disciples,

when seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and finding nothing thereon, but bare leaves, said to it, may you never more bear fruit. and presently the fig-tree withered away.

upon which the disciples said to one another, much surpriz'd, how came the fig-tree to wither away so suddenly?

Jesus answered them, I declare to you, if ye have a full assurance of faith, ye shall not only be able to do this to a fig-tree, but if ye should even say to this mountain, be thou removed, and cast into the sea; it should be done.

Hear another parable: a certain landlord planted a vineyard, hedged it round, set up a wine-press in it, and built a tower, then lett it out to tenants, and went into a foreign country.

Jesus answered them, you are mistaken, for want of a true notion of the scriptures, and of the divine power.

this may be illustrated by a comparison taken from a fig-tree: when the branches become tender, and push out their leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

and while they were gone to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready, entred with him into the hall, and the door was shut.

and as they were eating, he said, 'tis indeed true that one of this company shall betray me.

At which, one of Jesus's company laying his hand upon his sword, drew it, and striking at a servant of the high priest's, took off his ear.

and laid it in a monument which he had lately caused to be hewn out in the rock: and having rolled a large stone to the door of the sepulchre, he went away.

now there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the lord descending from heaven, was come, and had rolled away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it.

the whole town being assembled before the door.

so great a company assembled, that there was no room for them in the house, nor even about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and the territory about Jordan, a considerable number of the inhabitants about Tyre and Sidon having heard of his great actions, came likewise to meet him.

Jesus leaving that place, went towards the frontiers of Tyre and Sidon; and entring into a house, desired to let nobody know it; but he could not be conceal'd.

she answer'd, true, Lord, yet puppys eat of the crumbs, which children drop under the table.

Jesus then quitting the confines of Tyre and Sidon, and passing to the confines of Decapolis, came back to the sea of Gallilee.

it is true, said he, that Elias must come beforehand to establish every thing, and that it was predicted of him, as well as of the son of man, that he should suffer very much, and be treated with contempt.

accordingly they went, and finding the colt tied before a door, where two ways met, they untied it.

and observing at a distance a fig-tree full of leaves, he went up to it to see if he could find any fruit upon it. but when he came to it, he found it had nothing but leaves, (for it was not the season for that sort of fig.)

thereupon Jesus said to the fig-tree, "no one shall ever eat any fruit of yours." and his disciples took notice of it.

In the morning as they were coming back, they saw the fig-tree withered away to the very roots.

Peter remembring the tree, said, master, see the fig-tree, which you cursed, is quite withered.

if we should say, it was a human institution, we run a risk from the people. (for they all believed John was a true prophet.)

Then Jesus address'd himself to them in this parabolical manner. a certain person planted a vineyard, made a fence about it, clear'd the way for a wine-press, built a tower, and committed it to the care of vine-dressers, while he was travelling abroad.

the Scribe replied, what you have said, master, is very true, there is one God, and no other but he.

Consider this similitude taken from a fig-tree: when its branch is yet tender, and pushes out its leaves, you know that summer is near:

but one of those that stood by, drew his sword against a servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

who taking down the body, wrapped it in a fine linnen cloth, which he had bought, and laid it in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock, and roll'd a stone for a door to the sepulchre: and Mary Magdalene,

Whereas several have undertaken to draw up a narrative of those transactions, which pass'd among us;

and you, dear babe, you shall be the prophet of the most high: for you shall go before the Lord, in order to prepare his way,

the ax is already laid to the root of the trees: every tree then, which does not produce good fruit, shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire.

At length he came down the hill with them, and stayed with the rest of his disciples in the plain, where a great multitude of people from all Judea, from Jerusalem, and the maritime country of Tyre and Sidon, came to hear him, and to have their diseases cured.

Certainly a good tree does not produce bad fruit: nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.

for every tree is known by its fruit: it is not on thorns that men gather figs, nor do they gather grapes on a bramble bush.

as he drew near the gate of the city, there was a dead man just then carrying out to be buried, who was his mother's only son, and she a widow: and many people of the town came with her.

wo unto thee Chorazin; wo unto thee Bethsaida: for if the miracles, which have been wrought among you, had been wrought in Tyre and Sidon, they would long since have lain repenting in sackcloth and ashes.

therefore Tyre and Sidon shall be treated with less severity in the day of judgment, than you.

and he within should give this answer, don't trouble me now: the door is made fast, and my family are all in bed: I can't get up to supply you.

I tell you likewise, ask, and it shall be given: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and the door shall be opened.

but wo unto you Pharisees: for you will pay the tythes of mint, and rue, and all sorts of herbs, but as for justice and true piety, those you neglect. these you ought to have practised, without omitting however the other.

and draw something from his own mouth, that might be brought as evidence against him.

imitate those servants who stand waiting for their master's return from the wedding, to let him in as soon as he comes to the door.

or those eighteen, upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, and slew them, do you think they were greater criminals than the other inhabitants of Jerusalem?

He proposed likewise this parable: a certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came expecting it should have had fruit, but he found none.

then he said to the vine-dresser, you see, I have been looking these three years for fruit from this fig-tree, but find none: hew it down, why should it cumber my ground?

when once the master of the family is enter'd in, and has fastned the door, you will stand without beating at the door, and cry, Lord, Lord, let us in: but he will answer, you are strangers to me.

Then continuing his discourse, which of you, said he, if his child or his ox fell into a pit, would not immediately draw him out, though it were on the sabbath-day?

for who of you would resolve to build a tower, without taking the trouble first of all to compute the expence, and whether he is able to finish it?

if your faith improv'd like a grain of mustard-seed, you might say to this sycamine-tree, be thou rooted up, and planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

so he ran before, and climb'd up a mulberry-tree to view him; for he was to pass that way.

then said Jesus, speaking of him, this day is salvation come to this family, since he is now become a true son of Abraham.

as he drew nigh, he beheld the city, and bewail'd its fate,

Then by way of similitude, consider, said he, the fig-tree, and all the other trees;

now that day was the preparation, and the sabbath then drew on.

'tis true, some women of our company threw us into a surprize: for going to the sepulchre early in the morning,

and they drew nigh the village where they were going: and he seemed as if he would have pass'd on further.

HE was the true Light who came into the world, to enlighten every man.

Jesus seeing Nathanael coming, said of him, there's a true Israelite, in whom is no guile. how do you know me?

said Nathanael to him. before Philip called you, replied Jesus, I saw you under the fig-tree.

Jesus answered him, because thou believest what I said, that I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou shalt see greater things than these.

as soon as the steward had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he did not know whence it came, but the servants who drew the water knew it,) he called the bridegroom,

he that hath received his testimony, hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink.

sir, said the woman, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then can you get that living water?

sir, replied the woman, give me this water, that I may never be adry, nor come hither to draw more.

for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have, is not your husband: in that you said true.

but the time is coming, nay, is very nigh, when the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth: for they are the worshippers which he requires.

there is another who testifies of me, and I know that the testimony which he gives of me, is true.

Jesus answer'd, I assure you, Moses did not give you the celestial bread; but my father gives you the true celestial bread.

and yet if I did judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I am with the father who has sent me.

I assure you, he that entreth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

but he that enters in by the door, is the pastor of the sheep.

Jesus therefore subjoin'd, I declare unto you, I am the door of the sheep-fold.

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; he shall go in and out, and find pasture.

I am the true pastor: the true pastor exposes his life for the sheep.

I am the true pastor, I know my sheep, and my sheep know me,

and many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but every thing that he said concerning this man, was true.

as for me, when I shall be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me.

my dear children, I am with you but for a little while. you shall seek me: but as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, "where I am going you cannot come."

and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.