Luke 6:44
42 How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
46 Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
- KJV
- For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- WEB
- For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
- ASV
- For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- DARBY
- for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.
- BLB
- For each tree is known by [its] own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.
- ÅB
- For hvert tre kjennes på sin frukt; en sanker jo ikke fiken av tornebusker, og en plukker ikke vindruer av tornekratt.
- OTB
- Hvert tre kjennes på sin egen frukt. Folk plukker ikke fiken fra tornebusker, og de samler ikke druer fra klunger.
- B1930
- For hvert tre kjennes på sin frukt; en sanker jo ikke fiken av tornebusker, og en plukker ikke vindruer av tornekratt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:12
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Read in contextMatthew 12:33
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.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–23
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Read in contextTitus 2:11–13
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
Read in contextJude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
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