⁹ The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”^(A)

¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.^(A)

⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.^(A)

⁹ If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

⁷ So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!^(A) Why should it use up the soil?’

¹⁰ The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.^(A)

²⁹ for our “God is a consuming fire.”^[a](A)

²⁸ Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^(A)