Thematic Bible: Of good works
Thematic Bible
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » Of good works
You can recognize them by their fruit [i.e., by what their lives produce]. Do people harvest grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistle weeds?
Fruits » Illustrative » Of good works
In a similar way, every healthy tree produces wholesome fruit; but a diseased tree produces [only] bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot produce bad fruit and neither can a diseased tree produce wholesome fruit.