Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles:
For every tree is known by its own fruit: for from thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they gather grapes.
And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is from men, it will come to naught:
Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.
