Luke 6:43

For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

In Context

42Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye.

44For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape.

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Cross References

Psalms 92:12My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

Isaiah 61:3To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify hint.

Matthew 3:10For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:38-49

Exhortations to Justice and Sincerity. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above… Read the whole commentary →

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