And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
This, he says, is what is spoken: "Every tree not producing good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.".
For somewhere near, he says, is the axe (which is laid) at the roots of the tree. Every tree, he says, which does not produce good fruit, is hewn down and cast into fire.
