For average Christians, then, especially the original followers whom Jesus was addressing in the Sermon on the Mount in first-century agrarian Israel, Christ says that by a prophet’s fruit Christ’s followers shall know the prophet.
Kwa Wakristo wa kawaida, hasa wafuasi wa kwanza ambao Yesu alikuwa akiwafundisha kwenye Hotuba ya Mlimani kwa Waisraeli wakulima wa karne ya kwanza, Kristo anasema kuwa kwa matunda ya nabii wafuasi wa Kristo watamjua.