Matthew 7:17
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Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Even so, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit.
Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit.
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and every rotten tree produces bad fruit.
Likewise, every healthy tree produces good fruit, but a poor tree produces bad fruit.
A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
Thus, every good tree produces good fruit, but the bad tree produces bad fruit.
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and bad trees produce bad fruit.
Good fruit grows on a tree that is good. Bad fruit grows on a tree that is not good.
So then, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every ·good [healthy; sound] tree produces good fruit, but a ·bad [rotten; diseased] tree produces bad fruit.
So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
In the same way every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit. And bad trees produce bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
“Be on your guard against false religious teachers, who come to you dressed up as sheep but are really greedy wolves. You can tell them by their fruit. Do you pick a bunch of grapes from a thorn-bush or figs from a clump of thistles? Every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree is incapable of producing bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. The tree that fails to produce good fruit is cut down and burnt. So you may know men by their fruit.”
Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
Different kinds of fruit trees can quickly be identified by examining their fruit.
“Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit. But a corrupt tree bears evil fruit.
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit. But a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
It is true, every good tree has good fruit. Every bad tree has bad fruit.
A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
Likewise, every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brings forth bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
Well, in the same way, good trees produce good fruit, and bad trees produce bad fruit.
So every etz tov (good tree) produces pri tov (good fruit), but the etz nishchat (corrupt tree) produces pri rah.
“So every good tree brings forth good fruit, and a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit.
So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit.
Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces bad fruit.
People and their lives are like trees. Good trees bear beautiful, tasty fruit, but bad trees bear ugly, bitter fruit.
Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
In the same way, every good tree has good fruit. But a bad tree has bad fruit.
So every good tree maketh good fruits; but an evil tree maketh evil fruits.
so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.
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