James 3:12 meaning and explanation
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
James 3:12, Berean Standard Bible
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James has just shown that blessing and cursing pouring from the same mouth is as absurd as a spring giving both fresh and salt water. Here he piles up everyday images his readers knew from their own fields and wells: a fig tree cannot yield olives, a grapevine cannot produce figs, and a salt spring cannot give fresh water.
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