Matthew 12:33
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A Tree Known by Its Fruit(A)
33 “Either make the tree good and (B)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
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Luke 6:43-44
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A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit(A)
43 (B)“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For (C)every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
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Matthew 7:16-20
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16 (A)You will know them by their fruits. (B)Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, (C)every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 (D)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
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James 4:8
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8 (A)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (C)purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Luke 11:39-40
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39 (A)Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but (B)your inward part is full of [a]greed and wickedness. 40 Foolish ones! Did not (C)He who made the outside make the inside also?
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- Luke 11:39 Lit. eager grasping or robbery
Matthew 3:8-10
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8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. (B)Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Amos 5:15
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15 (A)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(B)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
John 15:4-7
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4 (A)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much (B)fruit; for without Me you can do (C)nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (D)he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words (E)abide in you, (F)you[a] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
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- John 15:7 NU omits you will
James 3:12
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12 Can a (A)fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? [a]Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
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- James 3:12 NU Neither can a salty spring produce fresh water.
Luke 3:9
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9 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore (A)every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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Ezekiel 18:31
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31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (B)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
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Matthew 23:26
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26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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