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13. We know the tree according to its fruit. Every action should be qualified by what it produces: qualified as evil when it causes evil and as goodness when it produces goodness. 
The maxim: "It is by the fruits that we know the tree," is repeated many times throughout the Gospel.
    The maxim: "It is by the fruits that we know the tree," is repeated many times throughout the Gospel.