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969 B
969 B
This continues an account of the Pharisees saying that it was by the power of Satan that Jesus healed a man.
Either make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt
"Decide that either the fruit is good and so the tree is good, or the fruit is corrupt and so the tree is corrupt"
good...corrupt
This can mean 1) "healthy...unhealthy" or 2) "edible...inedible."
a tree is known by its fruit
This can mean 1) "people know whether a tree is healthy or not by looking at its fruit" or 2) "people know what species a tree is by looking at its fruit." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
You...you
the Pharisees
out of the content of the heart the mouth speaks
"a person can only say what is in his heart" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
good treasure...evil treasure
"righteous thoughts...evil thoughts" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)