Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you will know them. Do people gather grapes from a thornbush or figs from thistles?
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 sheep's clothing but are truly ravenous wolves.
17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but the bad tree produces bad fruit.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
James 3:12Does a fig tree, my brothers, make olives? Or a grapevine, figs? Neither can salty water produce sweet water.
Jude 1:10But these people slander whatever they do not understand, and what they do understand—what unreasoning animals know by instinct—these are what destroy them.
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 →