Matthew 7:17-19

A Tree and Its Fruit

¹⁷ So, _m every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. ¹⁹ _n Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

1. 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.
   
2. 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.