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A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit. The Mouth Speaks From The Heart

43 “For there is no good[a] tree producing bad fruit; nor again, a bad tree producing good fruit. 44 For each tree is known[b] by its own fruit. For they do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they gather a grape-bunch from a bramble-bush. 45 The good person brings forth the good thing out of the good treasure[c] of his heart. And the evil person brings forth the evil thing out of his evil treasure. For his mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:43 good tree... bad fruit. See Mt 7:17.
  2. Luke 6:44 Or, recognized.
  3. Luke 6:45 Or, treasure-house, treasury.

A Tree and Its Fruit(A)

43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.(B) People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.(C)

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