Matthew 7:19 - Plain English Version

¹⁹ If a farmer has a tree that only makes rubbish fruit, he will cut down that tree and burn it in a fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Every tree which does not produce good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:19 Cross References

Matthew 3:10

So you look out. God is going to punish you. He is like a man lifting up an axe to cut the roots of a tree. You are like trees that haven’t got good fruit, so men chop them down and throw them into a fire. God will punish you like that. He will throw you into a fire.”

Matthew 7:18

A good tree can’t make bad fruit. A bad tree can’t make good fruit.

Titus 3:14

And teach our people to do good things like that all the time. They have to help anybody that really needs things. When they do that, they will be doing something good with their lives.

Jude 1:12

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.