¹¹ Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

¹⁶ By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

⁸ Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

⁵ Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

³ The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

¹⁵ Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

⁴³ For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

⁴⁴ For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

¹⁵ For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

⁶⁶ And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁴⁶ And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

⁴⁷ And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.