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Source language
Original Greek   
Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν δένδρον καλὸν ποιοῦν καρπὸν σαπρόν, οὐδὲ ⸀πάλιν δένδρον σαπρὸν ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλόν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Ou gar estin dendron kalon poioun karpon sapron, oude rpalin dendron sapron poioun karpon kalon.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
non est enim arbor bona quae facit fructus malos neque arbor mala faciens fructum bonum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
New King James Version   
“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
21st Century King James Version   
“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“There is not a good tree that produces bad fruit, neither a bad tree that produces good fruit,”
Darby Bible Translation   
For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
God's Word   
"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
"A good tree doesn't produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn't produce good fruit.
International Standard Version   
"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit,
NET Bible   
"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
New American Standard Bible   
"For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.
New International Version   
"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
New Living Translation   
"A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Weymouth New Testament   
"There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit.
The World English Bible   
For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus said, ‘Good trees only make good fruit. Bad trees only make bad fruit.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;
New Life Version   
“A good tree cannot have bad fruit. A bad tree cannot have good fruit.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For it is not a good tree that brings forth evil fruit, nor an evil tree that brings forth good fruit.
The Voice Bible   
Count on this: no good tree bears bad fruit, and no bad tree bears good fruit.
Living Bible   
“A tree from good stock doesn’t produce scrub fruit nor do trees from poor stock produce choice fruit.
New Catholic Bible   
“No healthy tree can bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotting tree bear healthy fruit.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Christian Standard Bible   
“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, nor on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit.
New Century Version   
“A good tree does not produce bad fruit, nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.
The Message   
“You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the tree. You must begin with your own life-giving lives. It’s who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
“Certainly a good tree does not produce bad fruit, and a bad tree does not produce good fruit.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
“For it is not a good tree that bears bad fruit, nor again, a bad tree that bears good fruit,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
New Matthew Bible   
It is not a good tree that brings forth bad fruit, nor is that a bad tree that brings forth good fruit.
Good News Translation®   
“A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit.
Wycliffe Bible   
It is not a good tree [Forsooth it is not a good tree], that maketh evil fruits, neither an evil tree, that maketh good fruits;
New Testament for Everyone   
“You see, no good tree bears bad fruit; nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
Contemporary English Version   
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“It is impossible for a good tree to produce bad fruit—as impossible as it is for a bad tree to produce good fruit. Do not men know what a tree is by its fruit? You cannot pick figs from briars, or gather a bunch of grapes from a blackberry bush! A good man produces good things from the good stored up in his heart, and a bad man produce evil things from his own stores of evil. For a man’s words will always express what has been treasured in his heart.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
Common English Bible © 2011   
“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit, nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.
New American Standard Bible   
For there is no good tree that bears bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree that bears good fruit.
The Expanded Bible   
“[L For] A good tree does not produce ·bad [rotten] fruit, nor does a ·bad [rotten] tree produce good fruit.
Tree of Life Version   
“For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree produce good fruit.
Revised Standard Version   
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
New International Reader's Version   
“A good tree doesn’t bear bad fruit. And a bad tree doesn’t bear good fruit.
BRG Bible   
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“For no good tree produces bad fruit, nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
`A good tree does not have bad fruit. And also, a bad tree does not have good fruit.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For there is no etz tov producing pri rah, nor again an etz rah producing pri tov.
Names of God Bible   
“A good tree doesn’t produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn’t produce good fruit.
Modern English Version   
“A good tree does not bear corrupt fruit, nor does a corrupt tree bear good fruit.
Easy-to-Read Version   
“A good tree does not produce bad fruit. And a bad tree does not produce good fruit.
International Children’s Bible   
“A good tree does not produce bad fruit. Also, a bad tree does not produce good fruit.
Lexham English Bible   
“For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor on the other hand a bad tree that produces good fruit,
New International Version - UK   
‘No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
“For there is no good tree producing bad fruit; nor again, a bad tree producing good fruit.