¹¹ Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

¹⁶ By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

⁸ The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.

⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him.

⁴³ For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.

⁴⁴ 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.

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

⁶⁶ All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

⁴⁶ It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

⁴⁷ All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.