43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Luke 6:43
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Matthew 7:17–19
17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 12:32–34
32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come. 33 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad;…
Gospel of Thomas 1:44–46
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Sirach 27:5–7
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Matthew 3:9–11
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Luke 3:8–10
8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 9 The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree… 10 …
James 3:11–13
11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by dee…
2 Esdras 4:28–30
28 For the evil about which you asked me has been sown, but its harvest hasn’t yet come. (WEB) 29 If therefore that which is sown isn’t reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown doesn’t pass away, the field where the good is sown won’t come. (WEB) 30 For a grain of evil seed… (WEB)
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