Luke 6:44
for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.
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- Matt 12:33 : 33 Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
- Jas 3:12 : 12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.
- Jude 1:12 : 12 These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit– twice dead, uprooted;
- Gal 5:19-23 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Titus 2:11-13 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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43“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
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16You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.
- Matt 12:33-353 verses84%
33Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
35The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
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45The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
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9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Luke 13:6-72 verses78%
6Warning to Israel to Bear Fruit Then Jesus told this parable:“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
7So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard,‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’
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10Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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12Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.
- John 15:1-22 verses74%
1The Vine and the Branches“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
2He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
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5For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.
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8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.
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19After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.
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7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
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9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
5“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
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13After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
14He said to it,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
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7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
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29The Parable of the Fig Tree Then he told them a parable:“Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
30When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.
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28By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
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13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
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14As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
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8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
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30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
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6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
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28The Parable of the Fig Tree“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
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14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
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37For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’
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2“Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
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4What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?
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9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth–
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12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.
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6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.
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18The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
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32The Parable of the Fig Tree“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.