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Matthew 7:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Matthew 7:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 You will [a]fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [[b]worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit.
18 A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear [c]excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].
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- Matthew 7:16 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 7:17 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 7:18 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
Matthew 7:16-18
New International Version
Matthew 7:16-18
New International Version
16 By their fruit you will recognize them.(A) Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?(B) 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.(C)
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