Mt 7:16

Mt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

1-2. Identify cross.

After the cross there is fruit.

3.

grapes

thorns ↬ cares of the world

fig

Thistles

4. Thorn and thistle

Ge 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Ho 10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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