The World English Bible translates the passage as: 17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
Jesus said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35.)
2 The Fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:22-26 | On the Fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Bible Gateway Romans 12 :: NIV. Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The World English Bible translates the passage as: for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
(Jeremiah 24:2-3; ESV)'” The good figs represented the exiles, whom God would save, and the bad figs represented the wicked who had been left behind, and who were destined for destruction. There are those who are, in the eyes of God, rotten fruit.
The Coptic Orthodox Church says that a living faith should demonstrate good works, which are "the fruits of the work of the Holy Spirit within us and are the fruits requisite for the life of penitence which we should live." Additionally, good works are "evidence of God's sonship".
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
Jesus states that one will be able to identify false prophets by their fruits. False prophets will not produce good fruits. Fruits, which are a common metaphor in both the Old and New Testaments, represent the outward manifestation of a person's faith, thus their behaviour and their works.
The seven species listed are wheat, barley, grape, fig, pomegranates, olive (oil), and date (honey) (Deuteronomy 8:8). Their first fruits were the only acceptable offerings in the Temple.
Bible: Exodus 23:16,19; Lev. 23:9–14; Deuteronomy 26:2; Matthew 13:30; John 4:36.
Seven basic agricultural products, called the Seven Species, are listed in the Bible: wheat, barley, figs, grapes, olives, pomegranates, and dates (Deut 8:8). The Bible also often describes the land of Israel as a land "flowing with milk and honey" (for example, Exod 3:8).
One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.
