“So then, by their fruits you shall know them –
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for a tree is known by its fruit.
“By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
“For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
“And now I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this work is of men, it shall be overthrown,
My brothers, is a fig tree able to bear olives, or a grapevine figs? So neither is a fountain able to make salt and sweet water.
