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Matthew 7:16
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You’ll recognize them by their fruit.
Yee shall knowe them by their fruits: Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thistles?
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
"You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?
You will know these people by what they do. Grapes don't come from thornbushes, and figs don't come from thorny weeds.
"By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
Ye shall know them by their fruites. Doe men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?
"You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes.
You will recognize them by their fruit. Can people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
You will know these people because of what they do. Good things don't come from people who are bad, just as grapes don't come from thornbushes, and figs don't come from thorny weeds.
You will know them by their fruits. Why, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
You will recognize them by their fruits: they do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, do they?
From their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
By their fruit you will know them. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they?Matthew 7:20; 12:33; Luke 6:43-44;">[xr]
By their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather from thorns grapes, or from briers figs?
And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles?
Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites, Do men gather grapes of thornes? or fygges of thystles?
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?
of her fruytis ye schulen knowe hem. Whether men gaderen grapis of thornes, or figus of breris?
By their fruits you shall know them. Do [men] gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles:
You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
You will know them by their fruit. Do men pick grapes from thorns? Do men pick figs from thistles?
You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits, shall ye find, them, out, - unless perhaps men gather - from thorns, grapes! or, from thistles, figs!
By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gaddre grapes of thornes? or figges of bryres?
From their fruits ye shall know them; do [men] gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?
you will know them by their fruits: do men gather grapes of thorns,
You can spot 'em by their beans. Can you pick beans off of tumbleweeds, or taters off of cockleburs?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
shall: Matthew 7:20, Matthew 12:33, 2 Peter 2:10-18, Jude 1:10 -19
Do: Luke 6:43-45, James 3:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:11 - fruit 1 Samuel 24:13 - Wickedness Psalms 36:1 - The transgression Proverbs 20:11 - General Proverbs 31:31 - of the 2 Corinthians 11:15 - whose Hebrews 12:15 - any root 1 John 2:29 - that every 1 John 4:1 - believe not
Cross-References
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye shall know them by their fruits,.... By "fruits" are meant, not so much their external works in life and conversation; for a false prophet may so behave, as not to be discovered thereby. So the Pharisees were outwardly righteous before men; and false teachers among Christians may have the form of godliness, and keep it up, though they are strangers to, and even deny the power of it: but their doctrines are here meant, and the effects of them. When doctrines are contrary to the perfections of God, repugnant to the Scriptures of truth, tend to depreciate the person and offices, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, to lessen the glory of God's grace, to exalt the creature, and to fill men's minds with notions of the purity, self-sufficiency, and ability of human nature; when they are calculated to feed the pride and vanity of men, to get money, and gain applause, to serve their own interests, and gratify men's lusts and passions, they may be easily discerned who they are, and from whence they come. The Jews have a proverb pretty much like this u, ××צ×× ×ק×פ×× ××××¢, "a gourd is known by its branches". The gloss upon it is,
"it is, as if it was said, from the time it buds forth, and goes out of the branch, it is known whether it is good or not;''
i.e. the goodness of the gourd is known by the fruit its branches bear. So a good preacher is known by the good doctrine he brings, and a bad one, by his unsound doctrine. Christ is not speaking of these false prophets, as men, or as private professors of religion, but as prophets, or teachers. "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" Grapes and figs were common fruit; there was great plenty of them in Judea; we often read of the "gathering" of them. It is a matter in dispute with the doctors w,
"if a man intends ×××§× ×ª×× ×× ××××§× ×¢× ×××, "to gather figs, and he gathers grapes", black ones, and he gathers white ones, white ones, and he gathers black ones, whether he is guilty of a sin offering or not.''
One says he is, another says he is not. These words of Christ put me in mind of another passage, which seems to speak of grapes of thorns x;
"he that marries his daughter to a scholar, it is like to grapes of the vine, with grapes of the vine, a thing beautiful and acceptable; but he that marries his daughter to a plebeian, it is like to grapes of the vine, ××¡× ×
××¢× ××, "with grapes of the thorn", a thing ugly, and unacceptable.''
Though ×¢× ××, in the last sentence, must be taken for berries which grow on some thorn bushes, and not what are properly grapes; for grapes do not grow upon, and are not to be gathered from thorns, and bramble bushes. The meaning of our Lord is, that from the false doctrines of men comes no good fruit of faith, holiness, joy, peace, and comfort. Their doctrines are like "thorns", which prick and pierce, give pain and uneasiness; and, like "thistles", choke, and are unprofitable, afford no solid food and nourishment; yea, their words eat as do a canker, are contrary to vital religion and powerful godliness. This sense I prefer; because, on the one hand, it is possible for a false teacher to do works, which may be externally good; though indeed no good works, properly speaking, can be performed by an unregenerate man, because he has neither good principles to act from, nor good ends in view: and, on the other hand, a man who is destitute of the grace of God, and lives ill, may yet have right notions of the Gospel, though he has no experimental knowledge and relish of it; but where false doctrines are imbibed, and propagated, no good fruit can follow upon it.
u T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 48. 1. w T. Bab. Ceritot, fol. 19. 1, 2. & 20. 1. x T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 49. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye shall know them by their fruits - The Saviour gives the proper test of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The flowers may be beautiful and fragrant, the foliage thick and green; but these are merely ornamental. It is the âfruitâ that is of chief service to man; and he forms his opinion of the nature and value of the tree by that fruit. So of pretensions to religion. The profession may be fair; but the âconductâ - the fruit - is to determine the nature of the principles.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 7:16. Ye shall know them by their fruits. — Fruits, in the Scripture and Jewish phraseology, are taken for works of any kind. "A man's works," says one, "are the tongue of his heart, and tell honestly whether he is inwardly corrupt or pure." By these works you may distinguish (εÏιγνÏÏεÏθε) these ravenous wolves from true pastors. The judgment formed of a man by his general conduct is a safe one: if the judgment be not favourable to the person, that is his fault, as you have your opinion of him from his works, i.e. the confession of his own heart.
