Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth euil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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- Galatians 5:17Rank 1 from verse 18
17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that yee cannot doe the things that yee would.
- 1 John 3:9–10Rank 2 from verse 18
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
9Whosoeuer is borne of God, doth not commit sinne: for his seede remaineth in him, and he cannot sinne, because he is borne of God.
10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the deuill: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither hee that loueth not his brother.
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Matthew 7:18
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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1. Morally spoiled, defiled, perverted, false, or turned from integrity. 2. Physically decayed, damaged, or unsound. 3. As a verb, to spoil, debase, pervert, or cause decay.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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7:15¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
7:15¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.
7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
7:16Yee shall knowe them by their fruits: *Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thistles?
7:17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
7:17Euen so, euery good tree bringeth forth good fruit: but a corrupt tree bringeth forth euill fruit.
7:18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
7:18A good tree cannot bring forth euil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Selected passage7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
7:19*Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.
7:20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
7:20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.