Matthew 7:16
of their fruits ye shall know them. Whether men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of briers? (by their fruits ye shall know them. Do people gather grapes from thorns, or figs from briars?)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 maketh good fruits; but an evil tree maketh evil fruits.
Cross References
Matthew 12:33Either make ye the tree good, and his fruit good; either make ye the tree evil and his fruit evil; for a tree is known of his fruit (or for a tree is known by its fruit).
James 3:12My brethren (or My brothers), whether a fig tree may make grapes, either a vine figs? So neither salt water may make sweet water.
Jude 1:10But these men blaspheme, whatever things they know not. For whatever things they know kindly as dumb beasts, in these they be corrupt, (or For whatever they know by kind, or naturally, like dumb beasts, by those things they be 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 →