“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Luke 6:44 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush. American Standard Version (1901) For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Common English Bible Each tree is known by its own fruit. People don’t gather figs from thorny plants, nor do they pick grapes from prickly bushes. Catholic Public Domain Version For each and every tree is known by its fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather the grape from the bramble bush. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape. |
“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;