¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from thistles?^(A)

¹⁷ In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

A Tree and Its Fruit

³³ “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.^(A)

³⁴ You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.^(A)

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.^(A)