Matthew 7:17
15 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
- KJV
- Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
- WEB
- Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
- ASV
- Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
- DARBY
- So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
- BLB
- Thus every good tree produces good fruits, but the rotten tree produces evil fruits.
- ÅB
- På samme måte bærer ethvert godt tre gode frukter, men dårlige trær bærer onde frukter.
- OTB
- På samme måte bærer hvert godt tre god frukt, men et dårlig tre bærer dårlig frukt.
- B1930
- Således bærer hvert godt tre gode frukter, men det dårlige tre bærer onde frukter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:33–35
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
Read in contextGalatians 5:22–24
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Read in contextEphesians 5:9
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
Read in contextPsalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Read in contextColossians 1:10
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
Read in contextPsalms 92:13–14
Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Read in contextLuke 13:6–9
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
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