¹⁰ And the ^(A)axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, ^(B)every tree that does not bear good fruit is being cut down and thrown into the fire.

⁹ But indeed the axe is already being laid at the root of the trees; so ^(A)every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

⁷ And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Look! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree ^[a]without finding any. ^(A)Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’

² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He ^[a]prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.