Matthew 7:18 meaning and explanation

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

Matthew 7:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to the crowd near the end of the Sermon on the Mount, just after warning about false prophets. The picture is from farming: a tree is known by what it produces.

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