Luke 6:43
Douay-Rheims
For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
John Chrysostom
(Hom. 42. in Matt.) For it is a natural consequence when wickedness abounds within, that wicked words are breathed as far as the mouth; and therefore when you hear of a man uttering abominable things, do not suppose that there lies only so much wickedness in him as is expressed in his words, but believe the fountain to be more copious than the stream.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 6:43-45
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.