²⁰ So then, you will ^[a]know them ^(A)by their fruits.

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³³ “Either ^[a]assume the tree to be good as well as its fruit good, or ^[b]assume the tree to be bad as well as its fruit bad; for ^(A)the tree is known by its fruit.

^44 (A)For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.

^12 (A)Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, bear olives, or a vine bear figs? Nor can salt water produce ^[a]fresh.