Make 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.
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-mind
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neithe
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remn
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown
Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wicke
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new sp
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.