Lukas 6:43

6:43 “For ¹  no good tree bears bad ²  fruit, nor again ³  does a bad tree bear good fruit,

Lukas 6:45

6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his ⁴  heart ⁵  produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury ⁶  produces evil, for his mouth speaks ⁷  from what fills ⁸  his heart.

[6:43]  ¹ tn The explanatory connective γάρ (gar) is often dropped from translations, but the point of the passage is that one should be self-corrective and be careful who one follows (vv. 41-42), because such choices also reflect what the nature of the tree is and its product.

[6:43]  ² tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying both “fruit” and “tree,” can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28).

[6:43]  ³ tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ 33 Ï lat sy sa), lack the adverb πάλιν (palin, “again”) here. Its presence is attested, however, by several good witnesses (Ì⁷⁵ א B L W Ξ Ë^1,13 579 892 1241 2542).

[6:45]  ⁴ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here and in the following clause (“out of the evil”) as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[6:45]  ⁵ sn Mention of the heart shows that Jesus is not interested in what is done, but why. Motives are more important than actions for him.

[6:45]  ⁶ tn The word “treasury” is not repeated in the Greek text at this point, but is implied.

[6:45]  ⁷ sn What one utters from one’s mouth is especially singled out as the example of this principle. James seems to have known this teaching (Jas 1:26; 3:1-12).

[6:45]  ⁸ tn Grk “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”