Matthew 7:18 - New Revised Standard Version

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 is 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.