Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
Matthew 7:16 - Revised Standard Version CI You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? American Standard Version (1901) By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Common English Bible You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles? Catholic Public Domain Version You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? |
Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
But some one will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.