Matthew 7:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes.

Cross References

James 3:12

Can a fig tree produce olives or a grapevine produce figs? Does fresh water come from a well full of salt water?

Matthew 12:33

A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces.

Matthew 7:20

You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds.

1 Samuel 24:13

An old proverb says, “Only evil people do evil things,” and so I won't harm you.

Proverbs 20:11

The good or bad that children do shows what they are like.

Galatians 5:22

God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,

James 2:18

Suppose someone disagrees and says, “It is possible to have faith without doing kind deeds.” I would answer, “Prove that you have faith without doing kind deeds, and I will prove that I have faith by doing them.”