Bible Cross References
make the good tree
Matthew 23:26
Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!
Ezekiel 18:31
Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?
Amos 5:15
Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the LORD will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.
Luke 11:39
So the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.
Luke 11:40
Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?
James 4:8
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!
and his fruit good
Matthew 3:8-10
8
Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins.
9
And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!
10
The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.
Matthew 7:16-20
16
You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
17
A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.
18
A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.
19
And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.
20
So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
Luke 3:9
The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire."
Luke 6:43
"A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit.
Luke 6:44
Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.
John 15:4-7
4
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5
"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.
6
Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.
7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
James 3:12
A fig tree, my friends, cannot bear olives; a grapevine cannot bear figs, nor can a salty spring produce sweet water.