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Luke 6:44
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42 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

43 a“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.  
44 For aevery tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.  
45 aA good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil1 treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out bof the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.  

Build on the Rock

46 a“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?  
47 aWhoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:  
Verse Comparison: Luke 6:44

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American Standard Version
For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

Amplified® Bible
For each tree is known {and} identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush.

Contemporary English Version
You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces. You cannot pick figs or grapes from thornbushes.

Darby English Version
for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.

Good News Bible
Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.

International Standard Version
For every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.

New International Version
Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.

New King James Version
For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For each tree we know by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.

Young's Literal Translation
for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.


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