Luke 6:43 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 6:43

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

KJV

For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

Each man's life also will be a criterion of his character. For not by extrinsic ornaments and pretended humility is the beauty of true happiness discovered, but by those things which a man does; of which he gives an illustration, adding, For of thorns men do not gather figs.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If the fruit be good, you may conclude that the tree is so; if the conversation be holy, heavenly, and regular, though you cannot infallibly know the heart, yet you may charitably hope that it is upright with God; for every tree is known by its fruit.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Corrupt fruit - Καρπον σαπρον, literally, rotten fruit: but here it means, such fruit as is unfit for use. See on Mat 7:17-20 (note).

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We learn, in the first place, from these verses — the great danger of listening to false religious teachers. Our Lord compares such teachers and their hearers to the blind leading the blind, and asks the reasonable question, "Shall they not both fall into the ditch?" He goes on to confirm the importance of His warning by declaring, that "the disciple is not above his master," and the student cannot be expected to know more than his teacher. If a man will hear unsound instruction — then we cannot expect him to become otherwise than unsound in the faith himself.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐ	ou	No	G3756 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	there is	G1510 →
δένδρον	dendron	tree	G1186 →
καλὸν	kalon	good	G2570 →
ποιοῦν	poioun	producing	G4160 →
καρπὸν	karpon	fruit	G2590 →
σαπρόν·	sapron	bad;	G4550 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
πάλιν	palin	again [is there]	G3825 →
δένδρον	dendron	a tree	G1186 →
σαπρὸν	sapron	bad	G4550 →
ποιοῦν	poioun	producing	G4160 →
καρπὸν	karpon	fruit	G2590 →
καλόν·	kalon	good;	G2570 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Luke 6:43–44
  No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
- Matthew 7:16–20
  By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Matthew 3:8–10
  Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- John 15:4–7
  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.
Through
Matthew 3:10
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
leads to
- John 15:6
  If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Luke 3:9
  The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Matthew 7:19
  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke