Luke 6:44 (WEB)

Passage

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:42 Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.

Luke 6:43 For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

Luke 6:44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

Luke 6:45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "each", "tree", "known", "fruit", "people", "gather", "figs", and "thorns". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "each" and "tree", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "For there is no good tree that..." into verse 45's "The good man out of the good...", so "each" and "tree" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "each" and "tree" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.