Matthew 7:20

King James Version

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

English Standard Version
Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

New American Standard Bible
"So then, you will know them by their fruits.

New Century Version
In the same way, you will know these false prophets by what they do.

Amplified Bible
"Therefore, by their fruit you will recognize them [as false prophets].

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore by their fruites ye shall knowe them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So then, you will know them by their fruits.

Legacy Standard Bible
So then, you will know them by their fruits.

Berean Standard Bible
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Contemporary English Version
You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds.

Complete Jewish Bible
So you will recognize them by their fruit.

Darby Translation
By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.

Easy-to-Read Version
You will know these false people by what they do.

George Lamsa Translation
Thus by their fruits you will know them.

Good News Translation
So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.

Lexham English Bible
As a result, you will recognize them by their fruits.

Literal Translation
Then surely from their fruits you shall know them.

American Standard Version
Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Bible in Basic English
So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

International Standard Version
So by their fruit you will know them."

Etheridge Translation
Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

Murdock Translation
Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore, by theyr fruites, ye shall knowe them.

English Revised Version
Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

World English Bible
Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Weymouth's New Testament
So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor of her fruytis ye schulen knowe hem.

Update Bible Version
Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,

New English Translation
So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

New King James Version
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

New Living Translation
Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

New Life Bible
So you will know them by their fruit.

New Revised Standard
Thus you will know them by their fruits.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
After all then, by their fruits, shall ye find, them, out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

Revised Standard Version
Thus you will know them by their fruits.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe the.

Young's Literal Translation
therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe them.

Mace New Testament (1729)
by their fruits then shall ye know them.

Simplified Cowboy Version
You can spot a tree by its beans, and you can spot people by their ways.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ¹⁷ Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Bible Verse Review
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Matthew 7:16, Acts 5:38

Reciprocal: Proverbs 31:31 - of the Matthew 12:50 - do Matthew 15:17 - that

Cross-References

Psalms 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. This is the conclusion of the whole, and a repetition of what is before said, the more to fix the rule of judgment upon their minds, and engage them to try men by their doctrines, and their doctrines by the standard of the Scriptures, and not believe every spirit; for with some care and diligence such persons may be detected, and the malignant influence of their ministry be prevented. The sum of the whole is, that ordinarily, and generally speaking, as men are, so are the doctrines they preach, and by them they may be known, and judged to be what they are. Christ here, and in the preceding verses, is speaking not of men of bad lives and conversations, who take upon them to teach others; for there is not so much reason to caution good men against these; they are easily detected, and generally discarded; but of men that put on sheep's clothing, who pretended to much holiness of life and conversation, and strictness of religion; and under that disguise delivered out the most corrupt and unwholesome doctrines; which tended greatly to depreciate him and his grace, and to do damage to the souls of men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 7:20. Wherefore by their fruits, &c.] This truth is often repeated, because our eternal interests depend so much upon it. Not to have good fruit is to have evil: there can be no innocent sterility in the invisible tree of the heart. He that brings forth no fruit, and he that brings forth bad fruit, are both only fit for the fire.