Either make the tree good and its its good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree known by its fruit.
2007-06-14 11:55:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
If we are good, we have good fruit. If we are bad, our fruit is bad. We cannot be good and have bad fruit, or bad and have good fruit. Therefore, our fruit displays us. It defines us. We are known by our fruit.
2007-06-14 12:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by moondrop000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably means that you can be good and have good actions (a good tree has good fruit) or be bad and have bad actions (like a bad tree has bad fruit); but people will judge you by your actions (like they would judge a tree by how good the fruit it produces is). Sorry if that sounds complex, and it's just a guess. Hope it helps.
2007-06-14 19:01:56 · answer #2 · answered by FrozenFire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lord said things in a parable to make people think. The parables tell of something that is extremely hard for us to understand let alone figure out. That is why the Lord also told the meaning of the parable. If he hadn't told the meaning, nobody would know the message.
2007-06-14 19:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by grannywinkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
* a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.
2007-06-14 19:07:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty obvious. Look at it again.
2007-06-14 18:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋