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# Does a fig tree, my brothers, make olives?
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James uses another rhetorical question to remind the believers about what happens in nature. Alternate translation: "Brothers, you know that a fig tree cannot grow olives." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# my brothers
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"my fellow believers"
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# Or a grapevine, figs?
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The word "make" is understood from the previous phrase. James uses another rhetorical question to remind the believers about what happens in nature. Alternate translation: "Or does a grapevine make figs?" or "And a grapevine cannot grow figs." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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