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James 3:12

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?.... Every tree bears fruit, according to its kind; a fig tree produces figs, and an olive tree olive berries; a fig tree does not produce olive berries, or an olive tree figs; and neither of them both:either a vine, figs?

or fig trees, grapes; or either of them, figs and grapes:so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

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