20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)We have here a caution against false prophets , to take heed that we be not deceived and imposed upon by them. Prophets are properly such as foretel things to come; there are some mentioned in the Old Testament, who pretended to that without warrant, and the event disproved their pretensions, as Zedekiah, 1 Kgs. 22:11; and another Zedekiah, Jer. 29:21. But prophets did also teach the people their…
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