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NASB					Matt 7:16 "You will ¹ ^Aknow¹⁹²¹ them by their fruits²⁵⁹⁰. ²Grapes⁴⁷¹⁸ are not gathered⁴⁸¹⁶ from thorn¹⁷³ bushes nor²²²⁸ figs⁴⁸¹⁰ from thistles⁵¹⁴⁶, are they?
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 7:16 "By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? [Luke 6:43, 44]

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Or recognize

Lit They do not gather

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Matt 7:20 "So then, you will know them by their fruits.

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Greek Heb.

173

akantha; from akê (a point, edge); a prickly plant, thorn:--thorn(1), thorns(13).

1921

epiginôskô; from 1909 and 1097; to know exactly, to recognize:--acknowledge(1), ascertain(2), aware(2), find(1), found(2), fully known(1), know(7), know fully(1), known(2), knows(1), learned(3), perceiving(1), realized(1), recognize(5), recognized(6), recognizing(1), take note(1), taking note(1), understand(3), understood(1), well-known(1).

2228

ê; a prim. conjunc. used disjunctively or cptv.; or, than:--either(4), nor(1), or(282), or else(4), other than(1), rather(1), rather than(2), than(36), than...or(1), whether(1).

2590

karpos; a prim. word; fruit:--benefit(2), crop(5), crops(2), descendants*(1), fruit(43), fruitful(1), fruits(4), grain(1), harvest(1), proceeds(1), produce(4), profit(1).

4718

staphulê; of unc. or.; a bunch of grapes:--grapes(3).

4810

sukon; a prim. word; a fig:--figs(4).

4816

sullegô; from 4862 and 3004; to collect:--gather(4), gathered(3), gathering(1).

5146

tribolos; from 5140 and 956b; a thistle:--thistles(2).

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