Gospel.com Topics Feed - Fig Tree Bear Olives 2009-10-01T17:51:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/fig+tree+bear+olives/ Olives in the Bible - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%203:12&version=NIV 2009-10-01T17:51:12-05:00 James facetiously asks if a fig tree can bear olives in this verse. He is comparing the tongue's capability to praise and curse to the anomaly of a fig tree bearing olives. It shouldn't be.