Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁸ They don’t realize; they don’t understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand. ¹⁹ No one stops to think. No one has the knowledge or understanding to think—yes to think!—^[a]“Half of it I burned in the fire. I even baked bread on its coals, and^[b] I roasted meat and ate it. And^[c] am I about to make detestable things^[d] from what is left? Am I about to bow down to blocks^[e] of wood?” ²⁰ He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life,^[f] nor can he say, “There’s a lie in my right hand.”^[g]

A Tree is Known by Its Fruit^(A)

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are savage wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren’t gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they? ¹⁷ In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire. ²⁰ So by their fruit you will know them.”