Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
Luke 6:44 - Revised Version 1885 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. 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 corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;