Matthew 7:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”
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“By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
King James Version · Public Domain“By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“From their fruits ye shall know them; do <FI>men<Fi> gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 7:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 7:20So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
- 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.
- Luke 6:43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
- James 3:12My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- 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.
- 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.
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