Matthew 7:20
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Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

Matthew 7:16 By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Acts 5:38 And now, therefore, I say to you: Refrain from these men and let them alone. For if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

Context
A Tree and its Fruit
19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. 21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.

Luke 6:44
For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns: nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape.

James 3:12
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.

Lexicon
So then,
ἄρα¦γε (ara¦ge)
Particle
Strong's Greek 686: Then, therefore, since. Probably from airo; a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive.

by
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

fruit
καρπῶν (karpōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2590: Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively.

you will recognize
ἐπιγνώσεσθε (epignōsesthe)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1921: From epi and ginosko; to know upon some mark, i.e. Recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge.

them.
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Then surely by their fruits you will recognize them.

Why by their fruits you shall know them.

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,

So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.

Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.
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