A Tree and Its Fruit

³³ ‘Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad^[a] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.^(A)

A Tree and Its Fruit

⁴³ ‘A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.^{[a](A) 44} For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thorn bushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

³⁶ The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life,^(A) so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

¹² Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.