653# 谁不知道，羔羊只能按羔羊的本性行事，绵羊也只能按绵羊的本性行事？反过来，豺狼也只能按豺狼的本性行事，猛虎也只能按猛虎的本性行事。若这些兽混在一起，豺狼岂不吞吃羔羊，猛虎岂不吞吃绵羊吗？因此才有牧人的守卫。
谁不知道，甜水的泉源不能从自己的水脉中涌出苦水；好树不能结坏果子；葡萄树不能像荆棘那样刺人，百合花不能像蒺藜那样灼人，风信子也不能像蓟那样扎人；反过来也一样？因此，这些恶草丛要从田地、葡萄园和园子中连根拔出，聚成堆，丢在火里焚烧。恶人死后进入灵性世界时，也照样如此，正如主的话所说（太13:30；约15:6）。
主也对犹太人说：“毒蛇的种类！你们既是恶人，怎能说出好话来呢？……善人从他心里所存的善，就发出善来；恶人从他心里所存的恶，就发出恶来。”（太12:34-35）
653# 每个人都知道，羔羊只能像羔羊一样行动，绵羊只能像绵羊一样行动；而另一方面，狼只能像狼一样行动，老虎只能像老虎一样行动。如果这些动物被放在一起，那么狼岂不会吞吃羔羊，老虎岂不会吞吃绵羊吗？因此，有牧人来保护它们。每个人都知道，甘泉不能从它的源头中流出苦水来；好树不能结坏果子；葡萄树不能像荆棘一样扎人，百合花不能像荨麻一样刺人，或风信子不能像蓟一样伤人，反之亦然。因此，这些邪恶的植物会从田地、葡萄园和花园里被连根拔出来，捆成捆，扔进火里。涌入灵界的恶人也是如此，正如主所说的（马太福音13:30; 约翰福音15:6）。主也对犹太人说：
毒蛇的种类，你们既是恶人，怎能说出好话来呢？善人从心里的善库中发出善来；恶人从心里的恶库中发出恶来。（马太福音12:34-35）
653. As everyone knows, a lamb can only behave like a lamb. A sheep can only behave like a sheep. By the same token, a wolf can only behave like a wolf, and a tiger can only behave like a tiger. If all these animals are put in the same space, surely the wolf will devour the lamb and the tiger will devour the sheep. That is why there are shepherds to guard the flock.
As everyone knows, a spring of sweet water is incapable of issuing bitter water from its source. A good kind of tree is incapable of bearing the fruit of a bad kind of tree. A grapevine cannot poke us the way a thornbush can; a lily cannot scrape us the way a bramble can; a hyacinth cannot pull at our clothes the way a thistle can; and neither can these bad plants do what these good plants do. Therefore we pull all those weeds out of fields, vineyards, and gardens, gather them into piles, and throw them in the fire. A similar thing happens to evil people as they arrive in the spiritual world, according to the Lord's words (Matthew 13:30; John 15:6). The Lord also said to the Jews, "You offspring of vipers! How can you say good things when you yourselves are evil? Good people, from the good treasure of their heart, bring forth good things. Evil people, from the evil treasure of their heart, bring forth evil things" (Matthew 12:34-35).
653. Everyone knows that a lamb cannot act except like a lamb, nor a sheep except like a sheep. On the other hand a wolf cannot act except like a wolf, nor a tiger except like a tiger. If those animals were mixed together, would not the wolf devour the lamb and the tiger the sheep? That is why shepherds are set to guard them. Everyone knows that a spring of sweet water cannot produce bitter water from its stream; and that a good tree cannot produce bad fruit. A vine cannot prick like a thorn, the flower of the lily cannot scratch like a briar, or the hyacinth claw like the thistle; nor can the thorn, briar or thistle behave like the vine, lily or hyacinth. These weeds are therefore rooted out of fields, vineyards and gardens, gathered into heaps and thrown on a fire. Much the same happens to the wicked who arrive in the spiritual world, as the Lord's words say (Matthew 13:30; John 15:6). The Lord also said to the Jews:
You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are wicked? The good man puts forth good things from the good treasury of his heart, and the wicked man puts forth evil from his wicked treasury, Matthew 12:34-35.
653. Everyone knows that a lamb can only act like a lamb, and a sheep only like a sheep; while on the other hand a wolf can act only like a wolf, and a tiger like a tiger. If these beasts were put together, would not the wolf devour the lamb, and the tiger the sheep? Consequently there are shepherds to guard them. Everyone knows that a spring of sweet water cannot from its vein bring forth bitter waters, and that a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, that a vine cannot prick like a thorn, a lily sting like a nettle, or a hyacinth wound like a thistle; or the reverse. These evil plants, therefore, are rooted out of fields, vineyards, and gardens, gathered into bundles, and thrown into the fire. So it is with the wicked pouring into the spiritual world, according to the Lord's words (Matthew 13:30; John 15:6). The Lord also said to the Jews,
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye being evil speak good things? A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things (Matthew 12:34-35).
653. Every one knows that a lamb can only act as a lamb, and a sheep as a sheep; and on the other hand, that a wolf can only act as a wolf, and a tiger as a tiger. If these animals were brought together, the wolf would certainly devour the lamb, and the tiger the sheep; and so there are shepherds to guard them. Every one knows that a fountain of sweet water cannot send forth from its spring bitter waters; that a good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit; that a vine cannot prick like a thorn; that the lily's flower cannot sting like a nettle; not can a hyacinth scratch like a thistle; and that the reverse is also true. Therefore, these noxious plants are rooted out of the fields, vineyards and gardens, gathered in heaps and cast into the fire. Something similar happens to the evil as they throng into the spiritual world, according to the Lord's words, Matthew 13:30; John 15:6. The Lord also said to the Jews,
"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?... A good man, out of the treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. Matthew 12:34-35.
653. Quis non scit quod Agnus non possit aliter agere quam sicut agnus, ac ovis non aliter quam sicut ovis, et vicissim lupus non aliter quam sicut lupus, ac tigris sicut tigris; si illae bestiae commiscerentur, nonne lupus devoraret agnum, et tigris ovem; quare custodiae pastorum sunt. Quis non scit quod fons dulcis aquae non possit ex vena sua expromere aquas amaras; et quod arbor bona non possit producere fructus malos; quodque vitis non possit pungere sicut spina, flos lilii urere sicut sentis, et hyacinthus vellicare sicut carduus, et vice versa; quare mala illa virgulta exstirpantur ex agris, vineis et hortis, et collecta in cumulos conjiciuntur in ignem; simile fit cum malis in Mundum Spiritualem alluentibus, secundum Domini verba, Matthaeus 13:30, Johannes 15:6. Dominus etiam dixit ad Judaeos; Progenies viperarum, quomodo potestis bona loqui, cum mali sitis; bonus homo ex bono thesauro cordis sui emittit bona, et malus homo ex malo thesauro emittit mala, Matthaeus 12:34-35.