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.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
KJV
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.
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἢ | Ē | Either | G2228 → |
| ποιήσατε | poiēsate | do make | G4160 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| δένδρον | dendron | tree | G1186 → |
| καλὸν | kalon | good | G2570 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of it | G846 → |
| καλόν, | kalon | good, | G2570 → |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 → |
| ποιήσατε | poiēsate | do make | G4160 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| δένδρον | dendron | tree | G1186 → |
| σαπρὸν | sapron | bad | G4550 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of it | G846 → |
| σαπρόν· | sapron | bad; | G4550 → |
| ἐκ | ek | by | G1537 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| καρποῦ | karpou | fruit | G2590 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| δένδρον | dendron | tree | G1186 → |
| γινώσκεται. | ginōsketai | is known. | G1097 → |
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