He takes away ¹  every branch that does not bear ²  fruit in me. He ³  prunes ⁴  every branch that bears ⁵  fruit so that it will bear more fruit.

Therefore produce fruit ¹  that proves your ²  repentance,

“For ¹  no good tree bears bad ²  fruit, nor again ³  does a bad tree bear good fruit,

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

When ¹  the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Then if ¹  it bears fruit next year, ²  very well, ³  but if ⁴  not, you can cut it down.’”

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad ¹  and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

My Father is honored ¹  by this, that ²  you bear ³  much fruit and show that you are ⁴  my disciples.

So what benefit ¹  did you then reap ²  from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, ¹  I will set out for Spain by way of you,

I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. ¹  Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

Then ¹  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

Even now the ax is laid at ¹  the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

Other seed fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up and choked it, ²  and it did not produce grain.

He said to it, ¹  “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. ² 

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, ¹  and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be ²  cut down and thrown into the fire.”

The one who reaps receives pay ¹  and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

But now, freed ¹  from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit ²  leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.