Matthew 7:16
"By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
In Context
17"No, every good tree bears good fruit, but a worthless tree bears bad fruit.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by its fruit the tree is known.
James 3:12Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives; or a grape-vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh water.
Jude 1:10Yet these men blaspheme about matters of which they know nothing, while they use such things as they do understand by instinct (like the animals who have no reason) for their own destruction.
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 →