# Every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire

Jesus continues to use fruit trees as a metaphor to refer to false prophets. Here, he only states what will happen to the bad trees. It is implied that the same thing will happen to the false prophets. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# is chopped down and thrown into the fire

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "people chop down and burn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# chopped down

See how you translated this in [Matthew 3:10](../03/10.md)