Matthew 7:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ You will know these people because of the things they do. Good things don’t come from bad people, the same as grapes don’t come from thorn bushes. And figs don’t come from thorny weeds.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Matthew 7:16 Cross References

James 3:12

My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree make olives? No! Can a grapevine make figs? No! And a well full of salty water cannot give good water.

Matthew 12:33

“If you want good fruit, you must make the tree good. If your tree is not good then it will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it makes.

Matthew 7:20

You will know these false people by the fruit they make (things they do).

1 Samuel 24:13

There is an old saying:

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child shows that he is good or bad by the things he does. You can watch that child and know if he is honest and good.

Galatians 5:22

But the Spirit {\cf2\super [74]} gives love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

James 2:18

A person might say, “You have faith, but I do things. Show me your faith! Your faith does nothing. I will show you my faith by the things I do.”