Luke 6:43-45·~1 min
A Tree and Its Fruit
Jesus compares trees and fruit, then says that speech reveals what fills the heart.
N43o good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. 45The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Section summaryJesus says a good tree does not bear bad fruit and a bad tree does not bear good fruit. He adds that each tree is known by its fruit, and then identifies speech as the overflow of what a person stores in the heart.
Role in the chapterThis saying ties visible fruit and spoken words to the state of the heart.