Matthew 7:16-20

AUV(i) 16 You can recognize them by their fruit [i.e., by what their lives produce]. Do people harvest grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistle weeds? 17 In a similar way, every healthy tree produces wholesome fruit; but a diseased tree produces [only] bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot produce bad fruit and neither can a diseased tree produce wholesome fruit. 19 Every tree that does not produce wholesome fruit should be chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore, you will recognize them [i.e., prophets] by their fruit [i.e., by what their lives produce].