Matthew 7:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles. ¹⁷Different kinds of fruit trees can quickly be identified by examining their fruit. ¹⁸A variety that produces delicious fruit never produces an inedible kind. And a tree producing an inedible kind can’t produce what is good.

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Matthew 7:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶By their fruit you will recognize them.^(A) Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?^(B) ¹⁷Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.^(C)

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Matthew 7:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶^(A)You will know them by their fruits. ^(B)Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷Even so, ^(C)every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

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Matthew 7:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶You will recognize them ^(A)by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷So, ^(B)every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

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