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Berean Standard Bible

“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.”

Luke 6:43

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Study note

Jesus teaches that a person's life shows what is inside them. He uses the picture of a tree and its fruit, near the end of the Sermon on the Plain.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque no es buen árbol el que da malos frutos; ni árbol malo el que da buen fruto.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Ningún árbol bueno da fruto malo, ni ningún árbol malo da fruto bueno.

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