Matthew 7:17 - Compare All Versions

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“Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

Even so, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit.

A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.

So if the tree is good, it will produce good fruit; but if the tree is bad, it will bear only rotten fruit and deserves to be cut down and burned.

So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.