Matthew 12:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³³ “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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³³ Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit.

American Standard Version (1901)

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

Common English Bible

³³ “Either consider the tree good and its fruit good, or consider the tree rotten and its fruit rotten. A tree is known by its fruit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree evil and its fruit evil. For certainly a tree is known by its fruit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.

Matthew 12:33 Cross References

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside also may become clean.

Luke 3:9

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

James 3:12

Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.