Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
In Context
15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
17So every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
Cross References
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.
James 3:12Can a fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water yield fresh.
Jude 1:10But these rail at the things which they know not; but what things naturally, as the brute beasts, they understand, in these they corrupt themselves.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:16-21
The Sermon on the Mount. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20… Read the whole commentary →