Matthew 7:16
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Revised Version 1895
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, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
James 3:12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.
Jude 1:10But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.
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 →