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Mat 12:33 — Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

make the tree good		Mat 23:26; Eze 18:31; Amo 5:15; Luk 11:39,40; Jam 4:8
and his fruit good		Mat 3:8-10; Mat 7:16-20; Luk 3:9; Luk 6:43,44; Jhn 15:4-7; Jam 3:12

Correlating Passages

make the tree good

	Mat 23:26	[Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
	Eze 18:31	Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
	Amo 5:15	Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
	Luk 11:39	And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
	Luk 11:40	[Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
	Jam 4:8	Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

and his fruit good

	Mat 3:8	Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
	Mat 3:9	And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
	Mat 3:10	And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
	Mat 7:16	Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
	Mat 7:17	Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
	Mat 7:18	A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
	Mat 7:19	Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
	Mat 7:20	Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
	Luk 3:9	And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
	Luk 6:43	For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
	Luk 6:44	For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
	Jhn 15:4	Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
	Jhn 15:5	I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
	Jhn 15:6	If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
	Jhn 15:7	If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
	Jam 3:12	Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 12:33," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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