Matthew 7:16
And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
In Context
17So every good tree beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruits good; or make the tree bad, and its fruits bad: for a tree is known by its fruits.
James 3:12Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.
Jude 1:10But these men revile things which they do not understand; and in the things of which they have a natural persuasion as animal beings, in these they corrupt themselves.
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 →