Matthew 7:18 Douay-Rheims

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

But that none should say, An evil tree brings forth indeed evil fruit, but it brings forth also good, and so it becomes hard to discern, as it has a two-fold produce; on this account He adds, A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 7:15-20

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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