Luke 6:44

Good News Translation (US Version)

Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.

Cross References

James 3:12

A fig tree, my friends, cannot bear olives; a grapevine cannot bear figs, nor can a salty spring produce sweet water.

Matthew 12:33

“To have good fruit you must have a healthy tree; if you have a poor tree, you will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it bears.

Jude 1:12

With their shameless carousing they are like dirty spots in your fellowship meals. They take care only of themselves. They are like clouds carried along by the wind, but bringing no rain. They are like trees that bear no fruit, even in autumn, trees that have been pulled up by the roots and are completely dead.

Matthew 7:16

You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.

Matthew 7:20

So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.