Matthew 7:20 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 7:20

So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

KJV

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. This is the conclusion of the whole, and a repetition of what is before said, the more to fix the rule of judgment upon their minds, and engage them to try men by their doctrines, and their doctrines by the standard of the Scriptures, and not believe every spirit; for with some care and diligence such persons may be detected, and the malignant influence of their ministry be prevented.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wherefore by their fruits, etc. - This truth is often repeated, because our eternal interests depend so much upon it. Not to have good fruit is to have evil: there can be no innocent sterility in the invisible tree of the heart. He that brings forth no fruit, and he that brings forth bad fruit, are both only fit for the fire.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In this part of the Sermon on the Mount our Lord begins to draw his discourse to a conclusion. The lessons he here forces on our notice are broad, general and full of the deepest wisdom. Let us mark them in succession. He lays down a general principle for our guidance in all doubtful questions between man and man. “We are to do to others as we would have others do to us.”We are not to deal with others as others deal with us: this is mere selfishness and heathenism.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἄρα	ara	Then	G686 →
γε	ge	surely	G1065 →
ἀπὸ	apo	by	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
καρπῶν	karpōn	fruits	G2590 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
ἐπιγνώσεσθε	epignōsesthe	you will know	G1921 →
αὐτούς.¶	autous	them.	G846 →

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

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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 7:16
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
leads to
- Luke 6:43–45
  No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
- James 3:12
  My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- 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.
- 2 Peter 2:10–18
  Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
- Jude 1:10–19
  These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
Through
Acts 5:38
So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
leads to
- Matthew 15:13
  But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- Lamentations 3:37
  Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Isaiah 8:9–10
  Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

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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 Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew