So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Matthew 7:18 - English Standard Version 2016 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration]. American Standard Version (1901) A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Common English Bible A good tree can’t produce bad fruit. And a rotten tree can’t produce good fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, and an evil tree is not able to produce good fruit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. |
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.