Matthew 7:16

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“By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”

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BSBPD

“By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“From their fruits ye shall know them; do <FI>men<Fi> gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 7:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 7:20So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
  2. Matthew 12:33Make 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.
  3. Luke 6:43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
  4. James 3:12My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
  5. 2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
  6. Jude 1:10These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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