9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God.

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so.

11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.