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# Beware of
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"Be on guard against"
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# who come to you in sheep's clothing but are truly ravenous wolves
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This metaphor means that false prophets will pretend they they are good and want to help people, but they are really evil and will do people harm. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# By their fruits you will know them
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This metaphor refers to a person's actions. AT: "Just as you know a tree by the fruit that grows on it, you will know false prophets by how they act" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Do people gather ... thistles?
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Jesus uses a question to teach the people. The people would have known that the answer is no. AT: "People do not gather ... thistles." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# every good tree produces good fruit
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Jesus continues to use the metaphor of fruit to refer to good prophets who produce good works or words. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the bad tree produces bad fruit
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Jesus continues to use the metaphor of fruit to refer to bad prophets who produce evil works. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/falseprophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sheep]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wolf]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/grape]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/thorn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fig]] |