Matthew 7:16 “By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorn…”

Matthew 7:16

By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

World English Bible

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

American Standard Version

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall know them by their fruites. Doe men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?

Darby Translation

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?

Young's Literal Translation

From their fruits ye shall know them; do [men] gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

Bible in Basic English

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

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Cross references

“shall”

Matthew 12:33 Matthew 7:20 2 Peter 2:10–18 Jude 1:10–19

Matthew 12:33 · BSB

Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 7:20 · BSB

So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

2 Peter 2:10–18 · BSB

Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

Jude 1:10–19 · BSB

These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

“Do”

Luke 6:43–45 James 3:12

Luke 6:43–45 · BSB

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

James 3:12 · BSB

My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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