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. Contemporary English Version A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad 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. Majority Standard Bible Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. NET Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSo every good tree yields good fruits, but the bad tree yields evil fruits. Berean Literal Bible So every good tree bears good fruits, but the rotten tree bears bad fruits. Young's Literal Translation so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits. Smith's Literal Translation So every good tree makes good fruits; but the rotten tree makes evil fruits. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleEven so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version So then, every good tree produces good fruit, and the evil tree produces evil fruit. New American Bible Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo every good tree bears good fruits; but a bad tree bears bad fruits. Aramaic Bible in Plain English So every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentSo every good tree produces goodly fruit: but an unsound tree produces diseased fruit. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament So every good tree beareth good fruits; but every bad tree in kind, produceth bad fruits. Mace New Testament or figs of thistles? so every good tree yields good fruit: but a corrupt tree yields bad fruit. Weymouth New Testament Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament 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 Luke 6:43-44 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. / For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. John 15:4-5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. James 3:12 My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. John 15:8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Colossians 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 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. Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. Isaiah 5:2 He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! Jeremiah 17:10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve. Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Hosea 14:8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me. Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. 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. Likewise This word connects the current teaching to the preceding verses, emphasizing continuity in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. The Greek word used here is "houtōs," which means "in this manner" or "thus." It suggests that the principle being discussed is a universal truth, applicable to all aspects of life. Jesus is drawing a parallel between the natural world and spiritual realities, urging His listeners to understand the consistency of God's creation and His moral order. every good tree bears good fruit but a bad tree bears bad fruit 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) |