Matthew 7:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear 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 bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

Matthew 7:19

Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 6:43

“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;

Galatians 5:17

For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.