Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
15 "Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.
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“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
16 You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
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By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17 A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
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Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19 And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.
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Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
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Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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