Matthew 12:33

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Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Bear fruit worthy of repentance,

You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.