Matthew 7:16-20
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You will recognize them l by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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So, m every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
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A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
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n Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Thus you will recognize them l by their fruits.
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Cross References
Luke 6:43 - 44
For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit.
James 2:18
But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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Cross References
Matthew 12:33 - 35
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:10
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Cross References
Matthew 7:16
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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