Matthew 7:17

James Moffatt - New Testament

every good tree bears sound fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit;

Cross References

Ephesians 5:9

(for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true),

Colossians 1:10

so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!

Jude 1:12

These people are stains on your love-feasts; they have no qualms about carousing in your midst, they look after none but themselves — rainless clouds, swept along by the wind, trees in autumn without fruit, doubly dead and so uprooted,

Philippians 1:11

your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.

Matthew 7:18

a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit.