Luke 6:44 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 6:44

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

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

Each man's life also will be a criterion of his character. For not by extrinsic ornaments and pretended humility is the beauty of true happiness discovered, but by those things which a man does; of which he gives an illustration, adding, For of thorns men do not gather figs.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If the fruit be good, you may conclude that the tree is so; if the conversation be holy, heavenly, and regular, though you cannot infallibly know the heart, yet you may charitably hope that it is upright with God; for every tree is known by its fruit.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We learn, in the first place, from these verses — the great danger of listening to false religious teachers. Our Lord compares such teachers and their hearers to the blind leading the blind, and asks the reasonable question, "Shall they not both fall into the ditch?" He goes on to confirm the importance of His warning by declaring, that "the disciple is not above his master," and the student cannot be expected to know more than his teacher. If a man will hear unsound instruction — then we cannot expect him to become otherwise than unsound in the faith himself.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἕκαστον	hekaston	Each	G1538 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
δένδρον	dendron	tree	G1186 →
ἐκ	ek	by	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἰδίου	idiou	own	G2398 →
καρποῦ	karpou	fruit	G2590 →
γινώσκεται.	ginōsketai	is known.	G1097 →
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐξ	ex	from	G1537 →
ἀκανθῶν	akanthōn	thorns	G173 →
συλλέγουσιν	sullegousin	do they gather	G4816 →
σῦκα	suka	figs	G4810 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
βάτου	batou	a bramble bush	G942 →
σταφυλὴν	staphulēn	grapes	G4718 →
τρυγῶσιν.¶	trugōsin	gather they.	G5166 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 12:33
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.
leads to
- Luke 6:43–44
  No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 7:16–20
  By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- John 15:4–7
  Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- Matthew 3:8–10
  Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Through
James 3:12
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
leads to
- Matthew 12:33
  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.
Through
Jude 1:12
These 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…
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:17–20
  These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- Matthew 15:13
  But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke