Luke 6:43

For there is no good tree that bears corrupt fruit, nor corrupt tree that bears good fruit.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

42How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

44For every tree is known from its own fruit. For from thorns they do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they harvest grapes.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:10And already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from 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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