“for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.”
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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Luke 6:44
“for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.”
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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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.