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Matthew 7:18
Matthew 7:18 is verse 18 of Matthew chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
King James Version
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
World English Bible
A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
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Matthew 7:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Galatians 5:17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1 John 3:10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.