Matthew 12:33
ContextNET © | “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad 1 and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. |
NIV © | "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 recognised by its fruit. |
NASB © | "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
NLT © | "A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad. |
MSG © | "If you grow a healthy tree, you'll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you'll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit tells you about the tree. |
BBE © | Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree. |
NRSV © | "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
NKJV © | "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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NET © | “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad 1 and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying both “tree” and “fruit,” can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28). |