en_tn/mat/12/33.md

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  • This continues an account of the Pharisees saying that it was by the power of Satan that Jesus healed a man.
  • Either make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt - "Decide that either the fruit is good and so the tree is good, or the fruit is corrupt and so the tree is corrupt"
  • good...corrupt - This can mean 1) "healthy...unhealthy" or 2) "edible...inedible."
  • **a tree is known by its fruit ** - This can mean 1) "people know whether a tree is healthy or not by looking at its fruit" or 2) "people know what species a tree is by looking at its fruit." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
  • You...you - the Pharisees
  • out of the content of the heart the mouth speaks - "a person can only say what is in his heart" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • good treasure...evil treasure - "righteous thoughts...evil thoughts" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)