Matthew 12:33
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.”
καλός
Good, beautiful, excellent. Kalos. She has done a beautiful thing. What looks like extravagance to the world looks beautiful to Jesus. He sees the love behind the act.
γινώσκω
is known.
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γινώσκω
To know, to understand, to perceive. Ginosko. This is eternal life that they may know You. The deepest knowing is relational not informational. God wants to be known.
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καρπός
fruit
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καρπός
Fruit, result, outcome. Karpos. I am the vine you are the branches. Apart from Me you can do nothing. Fruit is the evidence of connection. It cannot be manufactured.
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ποιέω
do make
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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σαπρός
bad
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σαπρός
rotten, i.e. worthless (literally or morally)
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ἤ
Either
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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δένδρον
tree
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δένδρον
a tree
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