“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.”
Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers — the recognition of trees by their fruit is the practical hermeneutic for evaluating people. You cannot harvest figs from thorns or grapes from briers — the impossibility is the point: the nature of the plant determines the nature of the fruit. Character cannot ultimately hide behind behavior.
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