Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
In Context
17Thus every good tree produces good fruit, but a corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
19Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
Cross References
1 John 3:9No one who has been born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1 Love One Another
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 →