And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

"For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door is opened.

"No, every good tree bears good fruit, but a worthless tree bears bad fruit.

"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit; neither can a worthless tree bear good fruit.

"Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.

"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by its fruit the tree is known.

"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.

"This is indeed the smallest of seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the winged things of the sky come and roost in its branches."

Jesus then left that place, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

"True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.

When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"

In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Up, cast yourself into the sea!' it shall be done;

"Listen to another parable: "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.

When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers to get his fruit.

No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.

"Learn from the fig tree, her parable; when her branches are become soft, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near;

"And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding-feast. And the door was shut.

And, behold, one of these who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smote the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Then the high priest tore his garments, saying. "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? For behold, now you have heard his blasphemy!

and the whole town was gathered at the door.

and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.

No one ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment, otherwise the patch tears away from it??he new from the old??nd a worse tear is made.

From Judea, too, and Jerusalem, and Idumea, and from beyond Jordan, and from the district of Tyre and Sidon, they came to him a vast multitude, because they heard what he was doing.

After he rose and left that place, he went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Here he went into a house and wished no one to know it but he could not be hid.

"True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children's crumbs."

Again he left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, crossing the District of the Ten Towns.

If your eye cause you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God one-eyed that to keep both your eyes and be cast into hell,

"Moses," said they, "permitted a man to draw up a bill of separation and divorce her."

I tell you true that unless a man receives the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not even enter it."

So they went and found a colt tied outside a door, in the open street, and untied it.

and seeing a fig tree in the distance full of leaves, he came to see if he could find anything on it, and found on it nothing but leaves (for it was not the time of figs).

So, addressing the tree, he said, "Let no man ever more eat fruit from you." And the disciples heard it.

and as they (he and his disciples) were passing along in the morning, they saw the fig tree already withered from the root.

Then Peter remembered, and exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, the fig tree which you cursed is withered up."

Presently Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "There was once a man," he said, "who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine-press, built a tower, rented it to tenants, and went abroad.

"From the fig tree learn now her parable; as soon as ever her branches are full of sap and bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

So also do you, whenever you see these things happening, know that He is near, at your very door.

But one of the bystanders drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

Then the high priest tore his vestments. "Why do we need any further witness?" he exclaimed.

and they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"

Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us,

And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,

He also told them a parable. "No one," he said, "tears a piece from a new garment, and patches it upon an old one; otherwise he will tear the new garment, and the patch from the new will not mend the old.

With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

"For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit, nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.

Here the slave of a certain Roman captain, a man dear to his master, was ill, and at the point of death.

Now when he drew near the gate of the city, behold, they were there carrying out one who was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For had the mighty been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

"However, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

"and he from indoors shall answer. 'Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.'

"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.

"and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.

"Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than the rest of those who lived in Jerusalem?

Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,

"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him.

"So they began to make merry. But his elder son was in the field, and as he drew near to the house he heard music and dancing,

"'My dear son,' answered his father, 'you are always with me and all that is mine is yours.

"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches?

"And a certain beggar named Lazarus was thrown at his door.

"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, 'Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

"The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way.

"Look at the fig tree and all the trees! When they put out their leaves you can see for yourselves that summer is coming.

"For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?"

and as they talked and discussed matter, Jesus himself drew near and began walking beside them.

When they drew near to the village to which they are were going, he appeared to be going farther.

The true Light, which enlightens every man, was then coming into the world.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

"How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Jesus said in reply. "Do you believe because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree?'

So they filled them brimful. Then he said, "Draw some out now, and carry it to the master of the feast."

but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true.

It was about noon, and a woman of Samaria came to draw water.

"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?

"Sir!" exclaimed the woman, "give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, nor come all this way to draw water."

But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.

For in this respect the saying is true, 'One sows, another reaps.'

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;

answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.

"For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

Therefore many of his disciples drew back and no longer companied with him.

When the time of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near,

"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.

Then said the Pharisees to him. "You are bearing testimony to yourself; your testimony is not true."