A Tree and Its Fruit
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l "Beware of false prophets, m who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
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n "You will know them by their fruits. o Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
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"Even so, p every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
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"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
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q "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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"Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:3
You shall not listen to the words of that proph...
Jeremiah 23:16
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to ...
Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets plastered them with untempered mor...
Mark 13:22
For false christs and false prophets will rise ...
Luke 6:26
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For ...
Romans 16:17
Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause ...
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for be...
Colossians 2:8
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy...
2 Peter 2:1
But there were also false prophets among the pe...
1 John 4:1 - 3
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test ...
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Cross References
Micah 3:5
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets Who make my people stray; Who chant "Peace" While they chew with their teeth, But who prepare war against him Who puts nothing into their mouths:
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Cross References
Matthew 7:20
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
Luke 6:44
For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
James 3:12
Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
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Cross References
Luke 6:43
For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:10
And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Luke 3:9
"And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
John 15:2
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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