When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
Matthew 7:19 - English Standard Version 2016 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. American Standard Version (1901) Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Common English Bible Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Catholic Public Domain Version Every tree which does not produce good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. |
When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;