Luke 6:44

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“For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

“For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:44 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
  2. Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
  3. Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
  4. James 3:12My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
  5. Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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