9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are 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 fresh water and brackish?

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.