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18 A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear [a]excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].

19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

20 Therefore, you will [b]fully know them by their fruits.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:18 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 7:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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