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Matthew 7:16

King James 2000

You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

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Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.