A Tree Known by Its Fruit.

43 “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.

44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles.

45 A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Every passage can have deep meaning.  But that doesn’t mean a full blown-exposition is always appropriate or necessary.  Sometimes the simple, straightforward message is the most potent; the most meaningful.  For me, this phrase speaks volumes: “A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good.”

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