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James 3:12

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Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

Can {G3361}{G1410} the fig tree {G4808}, my {G3450} brethren {G80}, bear {G4160} olive berries {G1636}? either {G2228} a vine {G288}, figs {G4810}? so {G3779} can no {G3762} fountain {G4077} both yield {G4160} salt {G252} water {G5204} and {G2532} fresh {G1099}.

Can a fig tree yield olives, my brothers? or a grapevine, figs? Neither does salt water produce fresh.

My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 6:43 (13 votes)

    For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

  • Luke 6:44 (13 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 12:33 (11 votes)

    Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.

  • Matthew 7:16 (10 votes)

    Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

  • Matthew 7:20 (10 votes)

    Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

  • Jeremiah 2:21 (4 votes)

    Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

  • Romans 11:16 (3 votes)

    For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.