Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?
Matthew 7:16 - New International Version (Anglicised) By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes from thorn-bushes, 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 small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?
‘Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognised by its fruit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’ Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
My brothers and sisters, can a fig-tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
As the old saying goes, “From evildoers come evil deeds,” so my hand will not touch you.