Matthew 7:17 - Plain English Version17 Good fruit grows on a good tree. Rubbish fruit grows on a rubbish tree. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176917 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition17 Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. See the chapterCommon English Bible17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and every rotten tree produces bad fruit. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version17 So then, every good tree produces good fruit, and the evil tree produces evil fruit. See the chapter |
Matthew 7:17
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You Christians love God, and you love each other, so you sometimes have dinner together. Those lying teachers come to those dinners. But they only come to eat and drink. They don’t respect God, and they don’t care about people. They only think about themselves. They are really dangerous. You know about rocks in the sea. You know that boats have to keep away from them, or they will wreck the boats. That mob are like those rocks to you. Keep away from them, or they will wreck you. They are useless. They are like clouds that don’t have any rain. Those clouds are useless, and the wind just moves them along. Those lying teachers never do anything good. They are like trees that don’t have fruit, even when it is the right time for fruit. Those trees are properly useless, so people pull them out of the ground.
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