A Tree and Its Fruit
Matthew 7:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
- KJV
- A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- WEB
- A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
- ASV
- A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- LSV
- A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.
- YLT
- A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.
- DBY
- A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
- DRC
- A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
- GNV
- A good tree can not bring forth euil fruite: neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruite.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ποιεῖν (“to produce”); Westcott–Hort read ἐνεγκεῖν (“to bear”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ποιεῖν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ποιεῖν; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἐνεγκεῖν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὐ δύναται δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν, οὐδὲ δένδρον σαπρὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖν.
- RP2018
- Οὐ δύναται δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν, οὐδὲ δένδρον σαπρὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖν.
- TR-Boyd
- Οὐ δύναται δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν, οὐδὲ δένδρον σαπρὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖν.
- SCR1894
- ου δυναται δενδρον αγαθον καρπους πονηρους ποιειν ουδε δενδρον σαπρον καρπους καλους ποιειν
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- Galatians 5:17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- 1 John 3:9–10Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil:…
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