Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? New Living Translation You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? English Standard Version You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Berean Standard Bible By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Berean Literal Bible By their fruits you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? King James Bible Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? New King James Version You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? New American Standard Bible You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? NASB 1995 “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? NASB 1977 “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? Legacy Standard Bible You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Amplified Bible By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Christian Standard Bible You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Holman Christian Standard Bible You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? American Standard Version By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Contemporary English Version You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. English Revised Version By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? GOD'S WORD® Translation You will know them by what they produce. "People don't pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they? Good News Translation You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs. International Standard Version You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they? Majority Standard Bible By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? NET Bible You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? New Heart English Bible By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Webster's Bible Translation Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles: Weymouth New Testament By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles? World English Bible By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFrom their fruits you will know them; do [men] gather grapes from thorns? Or figs from thistles? Berean Literal Bible By their fruits you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Young's Literal Translation From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs? Smith's Literal Translation By their fruits shall ye know them. Far from it, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from caltrops. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBy their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Catholic Public Domain Version You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? New American Bible By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? New Revised Standard Version You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou will know them by their fruits. Why, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Aramaic Bible in Plain English But by their fruit you will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBy their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Mace New Testament you will know them by their fruits: do men gather grapes of thorns, Weymouth New Testament By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles? Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Tree and its Fruit15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.… Cross References Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. James 3:12 My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. Luke 6:43-44 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. / For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. John 15:4-5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Matthew 12:33 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Colossians 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. Isaiah 5:1-7 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... Jeremiah 17:10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve. Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. Treasury of Scripture You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? shall. Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 2 Peter 2:10-18 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities… Do. Luke 6:43-45 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit… James 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. Jump to Previous Brambles Bunch Bushes Easily Figs Fruit Fruits Gather Gathered Grapes Pick Recognize Thistles Thorn Thornbushes ThornsJump to Next Brambles Bunch Bushes Easily Figs Fruit Fruits Gather Gathered Grapes Pick Recognize Thistles Thorn Thornbushes ThornsMatthew 7 1. Do Not Judge7. Ask, Seek, Knock 13. Enter through the Narrow Gate 15. A Tree and Its Fruit 24. The Wise and the Foolish Builders 28. Jesus ends his sermon, and the people are astonished. By their fruit This phrase emphasizes the tangible outcomes or results of a person's actions and character. In the Greek, the word for "fruit" is "karpos," which can refer to literal fruit or metaphorically to the results or deeds of a person. In a biblical context, "fruit" often symbolizes the visible evidence of one's inner spiritual state. Historically, fruit-bearing trees were a common metaphor in Jewish teachings to describe the moral and ethical outcomes of a person's life. The imagery suggests that just as a tree is known by the fruit it produces, so too are individuals recognized by their actions and behaviors. This aligns with the broader biblical principle that faith is demonstrated through works (James 2:18). You will recognize them Do people pick grapes from thornbushes Or figs from thistles? Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Byἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. fruit καρπῶν (karpōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 2590: Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively. you will recognize ἐπιγνώσεσθε (epignōsesthe) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1921: From epi and ginosko; to know upon some mark, i.e. Recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge. them. αὐτούς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Are grapes gathered συλλέγουσιν (syllegousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 4816: To collect, gather. From sun and lego in its original sense; to collect. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. thornbushes, ἀκανθῶν (akanthōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Strong's 173: A thorn-bush, prickly plant; a thorn. Probably from the same as akmen; a thorn. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. figs σῦκα (syka) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 4810: A (ripe) fig. Apparently a primary word; a fig. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. thistles? τριβόλων (tribolōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 5146: A thistle. From treis and belos; properly, a crow-foot, i.e. a thorny plant. 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