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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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?

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.

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

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

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.