Matthew 12:33

Good News Translation

“To have good fruit you must have a healthy tree; if you have a poor tree, you will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it bears.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:31

Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?

Amos 5:15

Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the Lord will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!

Luke 3:9

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.”

James 3:12

A fig tree, my friends, cannot bear olives; a grapevine cannot bear figs, nor can a salty spring produce sweet water.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!