Matthew 7:18

Weymouth NT

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.

Cross References

Matthew 7:17

Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit.

Matthew 7:19

Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning.

Luke 6:43

»There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit.«

Galatians 5:17

For the cravings of the lower nature are opposed to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are opposed to those of the lower nature; because these are antagonistic to each other, so that you cannot do everything to which you are inclined.