Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor call a bad tree bear good fruit.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.
A Conservative Version
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits.
American Standard Version
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
A healthy tree cannot produce bad fruit and neither can a diseased tree produce wholesome fruit.
Anderson New Testament
A good tree can not produce diseased fruit; nor can an unsound tree produce goodly fruit.
Bible in Basic English
It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
Common New Testament
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
Daniel Mace New Testament
a good tree cannot produce bad fruit: neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Darby Translation
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
Godbey New Testament
A good tree is not able to produce evil fruits, neither is a corrupt tree able to produce beautiful fruits.
Goodspeed New Testament
No sound tree can bear bad fruit, and no poor tree can bear good fruit.
John Wesley New Testament
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Julia Smith Translation
A good tree cannot make evil fruits, nor a rotten tree make good fruits.
King James 2000
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A good tree is not able to produce bad fruit, nor a bad tree to produce good fruit.
Modern King James verseion
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruits, nor can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit.
Moffatt New Testament
a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit.
Montgomery New Testament
"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit; neither can a worthless tree bear good fruit.
NET Bible
A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
New Heart English Bible
A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Sawyer New Testament
a good tree cannot bear bad fruits, nor a bad tree good fruits.
The Emphasized Bible
It is, impossible, for a, good tree, to be bearing, evil fruit, neither doth, a worthless tree, produce, fine fruit.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, neither can a tree bad in kind produce good fruits.
Twentieth Century New Testament
A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.
Webster
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Weymouth New Testament
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.
Williams New Testament
A healthy tree cannot bear poor fruit, and a sickly tree cannot bear good fruit.
World English Bible
A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Worrell New Testament
A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.
Worsley New Testament
a good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit:
Youngs Literal Translation
A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.
Themes
Bearing fruit » What brings forth good fruit
Bearing fruit » What brings forth evil fruit
Botany » Laws of nature in the vegetable kingdom uniform in action
Evil » What brings forth evil fruit
Fruits » Illustrative » Of good works
The goodness of the lord » What brings forth good fruit
Trees » Illustrative » (good and fruitful,) of saints
Trees » Evil, sinners compared to
Trees » Illustrative » (producing evil fruit,) of the wicked
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 7:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Recognizing False Prophets
17 So every good tree beareth good fruit; but a bad tree beareth bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor call a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Names
Cross References
1 John 3:9-10
Whoever hath been born of God doth not commit sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been born of God.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh hath desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these oppose one another, that ye may not do the things that ye would.