James 3:12

Can a fig tree, my Brothers, bear olives? or a vine bear figs? No, nor can a brackish well give good water.

By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by it's fruits that a tree is known.

There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.

If the first handful of dough in holy, so is the whole mass; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by it's fruits that a tree is known.

There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.

If the first handful of dough in holy, so is the whole mass; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.