Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.
Matthew 12:33 - English Majority Text Version "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for a tree is known by its fruit. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible “Either consider the tree good and its fruit good, or consider the tree rotten and its fruit rotten. A tree is known by its fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree evil and its fruit evil. For certainly a tree is known by its fruit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known. |
Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.
And even now the ax is being laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and is thrown into the fire."
It is not possible, my brothers, for a fig tree to make olives, or a vine to make figs, is it? Thus no spring is able to produce both salt and sweet water.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.