Matthew 7:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ A good tree cannot make bad fruit. And a bad tree cannot make good fruit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁸ A good tree can’t produce bad fruit. And a rotten tree can’t produce good fruit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, and an evil tree is not able to produce good fruit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.

Matthew 7:18 Cross References

Matthew 7:17

In the same way, every good tree makes good fruit. And bad trees make bad fruit.

Matthew 7:19

Every tree that does not make good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 6:43

“A good tree does not give bad fruit. Also, a bad tree does not give good fruit.

Galatians 5:17

Our sinful selves want things that are against the Spirit. The Spirit wants things that are against our sinful selves. These two different things are against each other. So you don’t do the things you really want to do.