44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn plants, nor are grapes harvested from thorn bushes. 45 The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of his[a] evil treasury[b] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

46 “And why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:45 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Luke 6:45 The word “treasury” here is an understood repetition from earlier in the verse
  3. Luke 6:46 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation