Lexicon :: Strong's G2590 - karpos

“Therefore produce fruit consistent with[fn] repentance.

“The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

“You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

“Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[fn] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

“Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

“When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again! ” At once the fig tree withered.

“When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”

“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

“Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit.

“As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again! ” And his disciples heard it.

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them.

Then she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and your child will be blessed![fn]

“Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.[fn]

“Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

“He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

“Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

“The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

“Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.

“Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

“Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

“My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be[fn] my disciples.

“You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

“Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[fn] on his throne.

Now I don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry[fn] among you, just as I have had among the rest of the Gentiles.

So what fruit was produced[fn] then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds[fn] to them,[fn] I will visit you on the way to Spain.

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

for the fruit of the light[fn] consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth ​— ​

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me; and I don’t know which one I should choose.

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit[fn] that is increasing to your account.

The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.