A moment in scripture
Matthew 7:18
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Matthew 7:17
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
- Matthew 7:19
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.