Matthew 12:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Make the tree good

James 4:8

And his fruit good

General references

Luke 6:43

Bible References

Make the tree good

You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

And his fruit good

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?

General references

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.