Matthew 7:17

Matthew chapter 7 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Context

v.16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

v.17This passage

v.18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 1:3

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  • Psalms 92:13

    They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

  • Ephesians 5:9

    (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

  • Luke 13:6

    And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Isaiah 61:3

    to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.