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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Jesus continues to respond to the Pharisees.
 
 # Make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad
 
-Possible meanings are 1) "If you make a tree good, its fruit will be good, and if you make the tree bad, its fruit will be bad" or 2) "If you consider a tree to be good, it is because its fruit is good, and if you consider a tree to be bad, it is because its fruit is bad." This was a proverb. People were to apply its truth to how they can know whether a person is good or bad.
+Possible meanings are 1) "If you make a tree good, its fruit will be good, and if you make the tree bad, its fruit will be bad" or 2) "If a tree is good, it will have good fruit, and if a tree is bad, it will have bad fruit." This was a proverb. People were to apply its truth to how they can know whether a person is good or bad.
 
 # good ... bad
 
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ Possible meanings are 1) "If you make a tree good, its fruit will be good, and i
 
 # a tree is recognized by its fruit
 
-The words "tree" and "fruit" are metaphors for a person and his deeds, respectively. This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "people recognize trees by their fruit" or "people know whether a person is good or bad by looking at the results of that person's activities"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "people recognize a tree by its fruit" or "people know whether a tree is good or bad by looking at its fruit"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])