Thus every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces evil fruit.
Matthew 7:18 - English Majority Text Version A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Thus every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces evil fruit.
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
"For a good tree does not produce rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree produce good fruit.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things oppose each other, so that you do not do the things that you wish.