Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather from thorns grapes, or from briers figs?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 the clothing of sheep, but within are ravening wolves.
17So every good tree maketh good fruits; but an evil tree maketh evil fruits.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Or make the tree good, and the fruits (will be) good; or make the tree evil, and the fruits (will be) evil: for by the fruits the tree is known.
James 3:12Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, make olives, or the vines figs? thus also salt waters cannot be made sweet.
Jude 1:10But these the things which they know not revile; but through those by which naturally as the beasts they are swayed, they are corrupted.
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 →