Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
So you will know them by their fruit.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So by their fruit you will know them."
A Conservative Version
So then from their fruits ye will know them.
American Standard Version
Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Therefore, you will recognize them [i.e., prophets] by their fruit [i.e., by what their lives produce].
Anderson New Testament
Therefore, by their fruits you shall know them.
Bible in Basic English
So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
Common New Testament
Thus you will know them by their fruits.
Daniel Mace New Testament
by their fruits then shall ye know them.
Darby Translation
By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore you shall know them perfectly by their fruits.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you can tell them by their fruit.
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore from their fruits shall ye know them.
King James 2000
Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As a result, you will recognize them by their fruits.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Montgomery New Testament
"Hence it is by their fruit you will know them.
NET Bible
So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
Noyes New Testament
So then ye may know them by their fruits.
Sawyer New Testament
By their fruits, therefore, you shall know them.
The Emphasized Bible
After all then, by their fruits, shall ye find, them, out.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Well then! by their fruits ye shall know them.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Hence it is by the fruit of their lives that you will know such men.
Webster
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,
Weymouth New Testament
So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.
Williams New Testament
So you must recognize them by their fruits.
World English Bible
Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
Worrell New Testament
So then, from their fruits ye shall know them.
Worsley New Testament
So then by their fruits ye will know them.
Youngs Literal Translation
therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.
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
Topics
Interlinear
Ara
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 7:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Recognizing False Prophets
19 [Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So you will know them by their fruit. 21 It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 7:16
You will know them by their fruit; do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? No,
Acts 5:38
So I advise you to-day to leave these men to themselves. Let them alone. If this project or enterprise springs from men, it will collapse;