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43 (A)For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, [a]on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. 44 (B)For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush. 45 (C)The good man out of the good [b]treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil. (D)For his mouth speaks from the abundance of his heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:43 Lit again
  2. Luke 6:45 Or treasury, storehouse

A Tree and Its Fruit

43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;(A) 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.(B) 45 The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.(C)

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