Matthew 7:20 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 7:20

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

KJV

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ASV

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

WEB

So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

YLT

therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

DBT

By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.

About this book

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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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5 verses on the floor

Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matthew 12:50
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
1 Samuel 24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Proverbs 31:31
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Acts 5:38
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them--that is, But the point I now press is not so much the end of such, as the means of detecting them; and this, as already said, is their fruits.

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

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G106527× in canon G192144× in canon G68649× in canon G259066× in canon

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