The axe is laid to the root

[5] Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
Tunc exibat ad eum Jerosolyma, et omnis Judaea, et omnis regio circa Jordanem;
[6] et baptizabantur ab eo in Jordane, confitentes peccata sua.And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

[7] Videns autem multos pharisaeorum, et sadducaeorum, venientes ad baptismum suum, dixit eis : Progenies viperarum, quis demonstravit vobis fugere a ventura ira?
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

[8] Facite ergo fructum dignum poenitentiae.
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

[9] Et ne velitis dicere intra vos : Patrem habemus Abraham. Dico enim vobis quoniam potens est Deus de lapidibus istis suscitare filios Abrahae.
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

The axe is laid to the root of the trees... J-J Tissot

[10] Jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est. Omnis ergo arbor, quae non facit fructum bonum, excidetur, et in ignem mittetur.
For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

[11] Ego quidem baptizo vos in aqua in poenitentiam : qui autem post me venturus est, fortior me est, cujus non sum dignus calceamenta portare : ipse vos baptizabit in Spiritu Sancto, et igni.
I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.

The Winnower. J-J Tissot

[12] Cujus ventilabrum in manu sua : et permundabit aream suam : et congregabit triticum suum in horreum, paleas autem comburet igni inextinguibili.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

Totus tuus ego sum 

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum tutus semper sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam