James 3

9 With it we bless the**Or possibly "our," if the Greek article is understood as a possessive pronoun Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so! 11 A spring does not pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water, does it?**The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here12 A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water.