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Matthew 7:17

Matthew 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Matthew only. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. The similarity between the fruit and the nature of the tree extends not only to the species, but also to the specimen.

Good tree ( δένδρον ἀγαθόν); intrinsically sound. Good fruit ( καρποὺς καλούς); attractive in the eyes of men. As is the inner character of the tree, so is the obvious nature of the fruit. But a corrupt tree ( τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον); "the" picturing it.

Corrupt; unsound, rotten, worthless (cf. ); also in the moral world ().

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