Discovery BoxLuke 6:44 
Context6:44 for each tree is known 1 by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 2 from thorns, nor are grapes picked 3 from brambles. 4
Luke 18:4
Context18:4 For 5 a while he refused, but later on 6 he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 7
Luke 20:35
Context20:35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share in 8 that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 9
1 sn The principle of the passage is that one produces what one is.
2 tn Grk “they do not gather”; this has been simplified to the passive voice in the translation since the subject “they” is not specified further in the context.
3 tn This is a different verb (τρυγῶσιν, trugwsin) for gathering from the previous one (συλλέγουσιν, sullegousin).
4 tn This is a different term (βάτος, batos) for a thorn or bramble bush than the previous one (ἄκανθα, akanqa).
sn The statement nor are grapes picked from brambles illustrates the principle: That which cannot produce fruit, does not produce fruit.
5 tn Grk “And for.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
6 tn Grk “after these things.”
7 tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.
8 tn Grk “to attain to.”
9 sn Life in the age to come is different than life here (they neither marry nor are given in marriage). This means Jesus’ questioners had made a false assumption that life was the same both now and in the age to come.
