Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.

NLTNew Living Translation

A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A good tree is not able to produce bad fruit, nor a bad tree to produce good fruit.

KJV 1900King James Version

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

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