Matthew 12:33-34
ContextTrees and Their Fruit
12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad 1 and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. 12:34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
1 tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying both “tree” and “fruit,” can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28).