Matthew 12:33-35

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

³³ _n "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, _o for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴ _p You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, _q when you are evil? _r For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ _r The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 7:16 - 20
   You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 6:43 - 44
   For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 3:7
   But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
   Matthew 23:33
   You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 7:11
   If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
   
5. Cross References
   Matthew 15:18 - 19
   But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
   Luke 6:45
   The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
   Matthew 13:52
   And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.
   Ephesians 4:29
   Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 12:34
   You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.