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Matthew 7:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

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Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?

There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.