Mateo 12:33

Filipino Cebuano Bible

33 "Usa lamang niining duruha: inyo bang ayohon ang kahoy, ug mamaayo ang iyang bunga; o inyo bang himoong walay pulos ang kahoy, ug mawalay pulos ang iyang bunga; kay ang kahoy maila pinaagi sa iyang bunga.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

make the good tree, Matthew 23:26, Ezekiel 18:31, Amos 5:15, Luke 11:39, Luke 11:40, James 4:8

and his fruit good: Matthew 3:8-10, Matthew 7:16-20, Luke 3:9, Luke 6:43, Luke 6:44, John 15:4-7, James 3:12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:13 - Wickedness Psalms 36:1 - The transgression Proverbs 10:16 - the fruit Proverbs 21:8 - but Isaiah 10:12 - punish the fruit of the stout heart Isaiah 65:2 - after Jeremiah 4:14 - wash Matthew 7:17 - but Matthew 13:23 - beareth Mark 11:14 - No 2 Corinthians 5:17 - a new 2 Corinthians 7:1 - let Galatians 5:22 - the fruit 1 Timothy 6:5 - men

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good,.... That is, either assert them both good, or

else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: say they are both evil, for the contrary cannot be affirmed with any consistency and propriety: the matter is easy to be determined,

for the tree is known by his fruit; fruit will discover what a tree is, and accordingly judgment may be made. No man will say a tree is good, and its fruit corrupt; or say, that a tree is corrupt, and its fruit good: these are glaring contradictions, and can never be reconciled. The case Christ here puts, is a very easy and familiar one, and is obvious to common sense: the application of it may be made, either to the foregoing instance of Christ's casting out devils, which the Jews ascribed to the help of Satan; and then the sense is, either say I am a good man, and do good works, or that I am an evil man, and do evil works: to say that I do good works, as the casting out of devils must be allowed to be, and yet am an evil man, and do this under satanical influence, is as great an inconsistency, as to say that a corrupt tree brings forth good fruit; either therefore condemn these miracles as evil actions, done by confederacy with Satan; or if you will allow them to be good ones, as you do, ascribe them to the Spirit of God; for these things may as easily be determined, as the cause by its effect, or as a tree is known by its fruit: or else this may be applied unto the Pharisees, who, though wicked men, pretended to do good works; and though they set up for men of religion and holiness, yet did evil things, as their words and actions testified; particularly the blasphemy just now uttered by them, charging the miracles of Christ as done by the assistance of the devil, which discovered the malignity and rottenness of their hearts: and the meaning of Christ is, that they would either both say, and do, that which is right and good; or relinquish their pretensions to the character of good and religious men: nothing can be concluded from hence in favour of free will, or a power in the creature to make himself good; for the word "make", here signifies to "say, affirm, assert", and the like; see John 5:18. Though it may be fairly inferred from hence, that a man must first be a good man, ever he can perform good works, truly and properly so called; and that these are fruits and evidences of the inward real goodness of a man; which must be understood not of a few single actions, but of the common, constant series and course of life.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Either make ... - The fact asserted in this verse is, that a tree is known, not by its leaves, or bark, or form, but by its fruit. The application to the argument is this: “You are to judge of man’s being in league with Satan by his works. If my doctrines and works be properly the works of Satan, then I am corrupt; if not, then your charge is blasphemy. So, on the other hand, if, notwithstanding your professions, your works are the works of the devil, and your doctrines are such as he would teach, it would prove respecting you that which you charge on me.” In this indirect but powerful manner he advances to the charge against them, which he urges in the following verses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Either make the tree good — That is, the effect will be always similar to the cause; a bad tree will produce bad fruit, and a good tree, good fruit.

The works will resemble the heart: nothing good can proceed from an evil spirit; no good fruit can proceed from a corrupt heart. Before the heart of man can produce any good, it must be renewed and influenced by the Spirit of God.