Matthew 7:16 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 7:16

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

KJV

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ASV

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

WEB

By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

YLT

From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

DBT

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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15 verses on the floor

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Luke 6:43–45
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Matthew 12:33
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.
James 3:12
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Matthew 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

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Ye shall know them by their fruits--not their doctrines--as many of the elder interpreters and some later ones explain it--for that corresponds to the tree itself; but the practical effect of their teaching, which is the proper fruit of the tree.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The fruit is according to the tree. Men may, in their professions, put a force upon their nature, and contradict their inward principles, but the stream and bent of their practices will agree with them. Christ insists upon this, the agreeableness between the fruit and the tree, which is such as that, (1.) If you know what the tree is, you may know what fruit to expect.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For a bad man preaching the good doctrine here delivered, is sometimes an instrument of converting sinners to God. Yet I do not aver, that all are true prophets who speak the truth, and thereby convert sinners. I only affirm, that none are such who do not.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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G48168× in canon G17314× in canon G338518× in canon G192144× in canon G259066× in canon G2228342× in canon

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MAT 7:16MAT 12:33 LUK 6:43-44
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MAT 7:16MAT 12:33 MAT 7:16-20
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 7:16MAT 12:33 JAS 4:8
MAT 7:16MAT 12:33 MAT 3:8-10
MAT 7:16MAT 12:33 JHN 15:4-7
MAT 7:16JAS 3:12 MAT 12:33
MAT 7:16JAS 3:12 JER 2:21
MAT 7:16JAS 3:12 ROM 11:16-18

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