Matthew 7:19

17 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.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

20 So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
KJV
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
WEB
Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
ASV
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
DARBY
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
BLB
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into fire.
ÅB
Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt skal bli kappet ned og kastet på ilden.
OTB
Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hugget ned og kastet på ilden.
B1930
Hvert tre som ikke bærer god frukt, blir hugget ned og kastet på ilden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 3:10

    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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  • John 15:2–6

    He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

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  • Luke 3:9

    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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  • Hebrews 6:8

    But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

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  • Luke 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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  • Jude 1:12

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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  • Isaiah 27:11

    When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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  • Isaiah 5:5–7

    Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

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