43"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.


In Context

40 A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

41 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

43 "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.

45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Luke 6:43 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:43For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:43For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:43For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:43For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:43For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:43'For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:43For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.