Matthew 7:19

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Matthew 7:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 7:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Matthew 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, etc.] Every preacher and teacher that does not bring the Gospel of Christ with him, and plainly and faithfully preach it to the people, sooner or later, is hewn down: however he may have appeared as a tall lofty cedar, and have carried it with a high hand against Christ and his Gospel, spoke “great swelling words of vanity”, and behaved with much “loftiness” and “haughtiness”; yet the time comes on, when all this is bowed and made low, “and the Lord alone is exalted”: such preachers are either cut off from the churches of Christ, or hewn down by death, and cast into the fire; into the fire of hell; into the lake of fire and brimstone, “where the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire--(See on Mat 3:10).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire - How dreadful then is the condition of that teacher who hath brought no sinners to God! Matthew 7:21”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“bringeth: Mat 3:10, Mat 21:19, Mat 21:20; Isa 5:5-7, Isa 27:11; Eze 15:2-7; Luk 3:9, Luk 13:6-9; Joh 15:2-6; Heb 6:8; Jde 1:12 Matthew 7:20”
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