Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. New Living Translation A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. English Standard Version So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. Berean Standard Bible Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Berean Literal Bible So every good tree bears good fruits, but the rotten tree bears bad fruits. King James Bible Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. New King James Version Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. New American Standard Bible So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. NASB 1995 “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. NASB 1977 “Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit. Legacy Standard Bible Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. Amplified Bible Even so, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit. Christian Standard Bible In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. American Standard Version Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Aramaic Bible in Plain English So every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. Contemporary English Version A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. Douay-Rheims Bible Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. English Revised Version Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. GOD'S WORD® Translation In the same way every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. Good News Translation A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit. International Standard Version In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. Literal Standard Version So every good tree yields good fruits, but the bad tree yields evil fruits. Majority Standard Bible Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. New American Bible Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. NET Bible In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. New Revised Standard Version In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. New Heart English Bible Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. Webster's Bible Translation Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Weymouth New Testament Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. World English Bible Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. Young's Literal Translation so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Tree and its Fruit…16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 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.… Cross References Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Matthew 12:33 Make 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. Matthew 12:35 The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure. Treasury of Scripture Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. every. Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 92:13,14 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God… Isaiah 5:3-5 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard… but. Matthew 12:33-35 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit… Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Jump to Previous Bad Bears Corrupt Evil Forth Fruit Fruits Gives Good Likewise Poisonous Produces Sound Tree Worthless YieldJump to Next Bad Bears Corrupt Evil Forth Fruit Fruits Gives Good Likewise Poisonous Produces Sound Tree Worthless YieldMatthew 7 1. Do Not Judge7. Ask, Seek, Knock 13. Enter through the Narrow Gate 15. A Tree and Its Fruit 24. The Wise and the Foolish Builders 28. Jesus ends his sermon, and the people are astonished. (17, 18) Even so every good tree. . . .--The two verses state nearly the same fact, but each presents a different aspect. First it is stated as a matter of practical experience, then the general fact is referred to a necessary law. If the tree is corrupt, i.e., rotten or decayed at the core, it cannot bring forth good fruit. If there is falseness in the teaching, or in the man, it will sooner or later show itself in his life, and then, even though we judge of the doctrine on other ground, we should cease to feel confidence in the guidance of the teacher.Verse 17. - Matthew only. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. The similarity between the fruit and the nature of the tree extends not only to the species, but also to the specimen. Good tree (δένδρον ἀγαθόν); intrinsically sound. Good fruit (καρποὺς καλούς); attractive in the eyes of men. As is the inner character of the tree, so is the obvious nature of the fruit. But a corrupt tree (τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον); "the" picturing it. Corrupt; unsound, rotten, worthless (cf. Matthew 13:48); also in the moral world (Ephesians 4:29). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Likewise,οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). every πᾶν (pan) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. good ἀγαθὸν (agathon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 18: A primary word; 'good'. tree δένδρον (dendron) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 1186: A tree. Probably from drus; a tree. bears ποιεῖ (poiei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. good καλοὺς (kalous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous. fruit, καρποὺς (karpous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2590: Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively. but δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. a bad σαπρὸν (sapron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4550: Rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved. From sepo; rotten, i.e. Worthless. tree δένδρον (dendron) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 1186: A tree. Probably from drus; a tree. bears ποιεῖ (poiei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. bad πονηροὺς (ponērous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. fruit. καρποὺς (karpous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2590: Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively. Links Matthew 7:17 NIVMatthew 7:17 NLT Matthew 7:17 ESV Matthew 7:17 NASB Matthew 7:17 KJV Matthew 7:17 BibleApps.com Matthew 7:17 Biblia Paralela Matthew 7:17 Chinese Bible Matthew 7:17 French Bible Matthew 7:17 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree produces good (Matt. Mat Mt) |