Luke 6:44
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Luke 6:44 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
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.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For each tree is known by own fruit. For they do not gather figs from a thornbush, nor do they gather grapes from a briar bush.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
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King James Version Public Domain
For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
For euery tree is knowen by his owne fruite: for neither of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
for each tree is known from its own fruit, for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they crop a grape from a bramble.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
For each tree is known by the kind of fruit it produces. For people do not gather figs from a thornbush, nor do they gather grapes from a briar bush.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For each tree is known by own fruit. For they do not gather figs from a thornbush, nor do they gather grapes from a briar bush.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
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.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
For every tree is known by its own fruit: for from thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they gather grapes.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
You recognize a tree by the fruit it produces. You don't pick figs from thorn bushes, or harvest grapes from brambles.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
Each tree is known by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
For every tree is knowen by his frute. Nether of thornes gader men fygges nor of busshes gader they grapes.
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- Appears 3× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 7:16
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Accusative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Feminine
Full Thayer's Definition
- ἕκαστον hékastos G1538 “each” Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Neuter
- γὰρ gár G1063 “for” Conjunction
- δένδρον déndron G1186 “tree” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter
- ἐκ ek G1537 “from” Preposition
- τοῦ ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- ἰδίου ídios G2398 “one's own” Adjective, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- καρποῦ karpós G2590 “fruit” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- γινώσκεται ginṓskō G1097 “to know” Verb, Present, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- οὐ ou G3756 “not” Particle, Negative
- γὰρ gár G1063 “for” Conjunction
- ἐξ ek G1537 “from” Preposition
- ἀκανθῶν ákantha G173 “thorn” Noun, Genitive, Plural, Feminine
- συλλέγουσιν syllégō G4816 “to gather up” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- σῦκα sŷkon G4810 “fig” Noun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
- οὐδὲ oudé G3761 “neither” Conjunction, Negative
- ἐκ ek G1537 “from” Preposition
- βάτου bátos G942 “thorn” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- σταφυλὴν staphylḗ G4718 “grapes” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- τρυγῶσιν trygáō G5166 “to harvest” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 19
- words
- 16
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is σταφυλὴν grapes G4718 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- τρυγῶσιν to harvest G5166
Shared distinctive vocabulary
σταφυλὴν grapes G4718 occurs in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
5Topical passages linked to Luke 6:44 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Matthew 12:33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
- James 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
- Galatians 5:19–23 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
- Titus 2:11–13 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
- Jude 1:12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 19 words (16 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is staphylḗ (“grapes”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “grapes” (staphylḗ) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- This is the first place “to harvest” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does Matthew 7:16, which shares the word «grapes», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “from” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Compare how Expositor's Greek Testament and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
- “from” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 16 distinct Greek lemmas span 19 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Luke 6:44 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.