16 You will recognize them by their fruits. ^xAre grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. ^bFor figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

12 ^kCan a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.