Matthew 7:19

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

What this verse means

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 7:19 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 5:5Now 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.
  2. Isaiah 27:11When 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.
  3. Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
  4. Matthew 3:10The 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.
  5. Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
  6. Luke 3:9The 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.”
  7. Luke 13:6Then 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.
  8. John 15:2He 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.
  9. Hebrews 6:8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
  10. Jude 1:12These 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.

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

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