Cross references
Matthew 12:33
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 12:33 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 6:43–44 (30 votes) and Matthew 7:16–20 (23 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from 1 Samuel 24 to Jude 1.
Which verses does Matthew 12:33 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Luke 6:43–4430 votes
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
- Matthew 7:16–2023 votes
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. …
- James 4:815 votes
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Matthew 3:8–1014 votes
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. …
- John 15:4–714 votes
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. …
- Amos 5:1512 votes
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
- Luke 3:912 votes
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Luke 11:39–4012 votes
Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- Ezekiel 18:319 votes
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- James 3:128 votes
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- Matthew 23:267 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 12:33?
The 10 strongest of 27.