Matthew 12:33-35

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 ¹"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, ²for the tree is known by its fruit.

34 ³You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ⁴when you are evil? ⁵For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 ⁶The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

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Cross References 6

1. Matthew 7:16-20
2. Luke 6:43, 44
3. Matthew 3:7; Matthew 23:33
4. Matthew 7:11
5. Matthew 15:18, 19; Luke 6:45; [Matthew 13:52; Ephesians 4:29]
6. [See ver. 34 above]

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