Matthew 7:16
New American Standard Bible
16 You will [a](A)know them by their fruits. [b]Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?
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Matthew 7:16
New Living Translation
16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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Matthew 7:16
Contemporary English Version
16 (A) You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes.
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Matthew 7:16
Easy-to-Read Version
16 You will know these people because of what they do. Good things don’t come from people who are bad, just as grapes don’t come from thornbushes, and figs don’t come from thorny weeds.
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Matthew 7:16
Living Bible
16 You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles.
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