Matthew 7:16
Ye will know them by their fruits: do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
1770 John Worsley NT
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 yieldeth good fruit, but a corrupt tree produces bad fruit:
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Either allow the tree to be good, and it's fruit good; or shew the tree to be corrupt, and it's fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by it's fruit.
James 3:12Can a fig-tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine figs? so can no fountain produce salt water and sweet.
Jude 1:10But these men speak evil of what they know not: and what they know naturally, as brute animals, in these things they are corrupt.
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 →