Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
It is not to be understood from this text, that a man who is once bad can never bring forth good fruit; but that as long as he remains in the state of sin, he cannot perform any meritorious action. (St. Chrysostom, hom. xxiv.)
