Matthew 12:33

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by the fruit.

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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 speaks a word against the Son of the Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age nor in the next.

34Brood of vipers! How can you, being malignant, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:16You will know them by their fruits. Do people gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

Luke 3:9But even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees; so then, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Luke 11:39So the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but your inside is full of greed and malignancy.

James 3:12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grape vine figs? Thus no spring yields salt water and sweet.

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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