Matthew 7:18 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.
English ASV
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
English Amplified
A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
English EASY 2024
A good tree cannot make bad fruit. A bad tree cannot make good fruit.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.
English God's Word - GW 1995
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A good tree can't produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.
English KJV 1611
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
English LSB
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
A good tree can't bear bad fruit. And a bad tree can't bear good fruit.
English NIV
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
English NKJ 1982
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
English NLT
A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
A variety that produces delicious fruit never produces an inedible kind. And a tree producing an inedible kind can't produce what is good.
English Tyndale 1537
A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit.