Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Matthew 7:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? American Standard Version (1901) By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Common English Bible You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles? Catholic Public Domain Version You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? |
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
*Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, shalom, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Yes, a man will say, *You have faith, and I have works.* Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.