Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree unsound, and its fruit unsound. For by the fruit the tree is known.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in the present age, or in that which is to come.

34Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:16By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Luke 3:9And now also the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

Luke 11:39And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

James 3:12Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives, or the vine, figs? So no fountain can produce salt water and fresh.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →

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