Mat 7:16-18 | NASB2020 | STEP | You will know them by their fruits . Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles , are they?

b Matt 7:20; 12:33; Luke 6:44; James 3:12

Matthew 7:16-18

16 You will ^{▼▼Or recognize
,} ^bknow them by their fruits. ^{▼▼Lit They do not gather}Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 So ^devery good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.