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 # Does a fig tree, my brothers, make olives?
 
-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]])
+"Brothers, you know that a fig tree cannot grow olives." 
 
 # my brothers
 
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 # Or a grapevine, figs?
 
-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]])
+"Or does a grapevine make figs?" or "And a grapevine cannot grow figs."