Matthew 7:16

16	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα; Nestle-Aland 28th
	All of you shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (KJV)

#	Greek	MAC & POS	Definition
575	ἀπό	PREP	from, away from
3588	ὁ, ἡ, τό	T-GPM	the
2590	καρπός, οῦ, ὁ	N-GPM	fruit
846	αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό	P-APM	(1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third person pronoun) (3) the same
1921	ἐπιγινώσκω	V-FDI-2P	to know exactly, to recognize
3385	μήτι	PRT-I	can this be? (interrogative particle expecting a negative answer)
4816	συλλέγω	V-PAI-3P	to collect
173	ἄκανθα, ης, ἡ	N-GPF	a prickly plant, thorn
4718	σταφυλή, ῆς, ἡ	N-APF	a bunch of grapes
2228	ἤ	PRT	or, than
5146	τρίβολος, ου, ὁ	N-GPM	a thistle
4810	σῦκον, ου, τό	N-APN	a fig

version	verse
Berean Greek NT 2016	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
SBL Greek NT 2010	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Nestle Greek NT 1904	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Westcott & Hort 1881	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Nestle-Aland 27th	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Nestle-Aland 28th	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005	Ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλήν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Greek Orthodox Church 1904	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Tiechendorf 8th Edition 1872	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
Sthephanus Textus Receptus 1550	ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα
Beza Greek NT 1598	Ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;

By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Matt 7:16 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]21
Ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;

MSS: G, K, M, Δ, Ω, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500 (f21r-v), 556 (f12v), 700, ℓ339 (f35vc1)

Matt 7:16 [Codex Sinaiticus (א or 01) (4th century)]
Aπο των καρπων αυτων επιγνωσεσθε αυτους : μητι συλλεγουσιν απο ακανθων σταφυλας η απο τριβολων συκα

MSS: א, B, 1, 22, 892

Matt 7:16 [Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 (B03) (4th century)]
Aπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτοὺς· μήτι συλλέγουσι^ν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα

Matt 7:16 [Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus (C04) (5th century)]
απο των καρπων αυτων επιγνωσεσθαι αυτους· μητι συλλεγουσιν απο ακανθων σταφυλην η απο τριβολων συκα·

Matt 7:16 [Codex Basilensis (E07) (8th century)]20v
απο των καρπων αυτων͵ επιγνωσεσθαι αυτους· μητι συλλεΓουσιν απο ακανθων σταφυλην. η απο τριβολων συκα·

Μαtt 7:16 [Codex Seidelianus I (Harley MS 5684) (G011) (9th century)]4rc2
απο των καρπων αυτων· επιγνωσεσθε αυτους· Μητι συλλεγουσιν απο ακανθων σταφυλην· η απο τριβολων συκα·

Matt 7:16 [Codex Cyprius (Grec 63) (K017) (9th century)]26v
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν· ἢ ἀπο τριβόλων σῦκα.

Matt 7:16 [Codex Washingtonianus (W032) (5th century)]
απο των καρπων αυτων επιγνωσεσθαι αυτους μητι συλλεγουσιν απο ακανθων σταφυλην η απο τριβολων συκα

Matt 7:16 [Codex Sangallensis 48 (Δ037) (9th century)]37
Απο· των· καρπων αυτων· επιγνωσεσθε αυτους· Μητι· συλλεγουσιν· απο· ακανθων σταφυλην· η· απο τριβολων συκα

Matt 7:16 [Minuscule 1 (Codex Basilensis A. N. IV. 2) (12th century)]167r-v
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· Μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς. ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;

MSS: 1, 1582 (f19v-20r)

Matt 7:16 [Minuscule 44 (Add MS 4949) (12th century)]25r
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. Μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν. ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;

Matt 7:16 [Minuscule 439 (Add MS 5107) (1159)]20rc1
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι Cυλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;

Matt 7:16 [Old Syriac Curetonian (Codex Curetonianus Syriacus sy^c)]
ܡܢ ܦܐ̈ܪܝܗܘܢ ܗܟܝܠ ܬܫܬܘܕܥܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ܂ ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܠܩܛܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܘܒ̈ܐ ܥ̈ܢܒܐ܂ ܐܦܠܐ ܬܐ̈ܢܐ ܡܢ ܕܪ̈ܕܪܐ܂

Matt 7:16 [Peshitta]
ܡܶܢ ܦ݁ܺܐܪܰܝܗܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܬ݁ܶܕ݁ܥܽܘܢ ܐܶܢܽܘܢ ܠܡܳܐ ܠܳܩܛܺܝܢ ܡܶܢ ܟ݁ܽܘܒ݁ܶܐ ܥܶܢܒ݁ܶܐ ܐܰܘ ܡܶܢ ܩܽܘܪܛܒ݁ܶܐ ܬ݁ܺܐܢܶܐ܂

Matt 7:16 [Vulgate]
a fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos numquid colligunt de spinis uvas aut de tribulis ficus

#	Manucript	Date	Location
1	GA_01	4th Century	London, British Library
2	GA_032	4th–5th Century	Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3	GA_019	8th Century	Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale
4	GA_07	8th Century	Basel, Switzerland, Universitätsbibliothek
5	GA_021	9th Century	Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
6	GA_037	9th Century	Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
7	GA_1424	9th–10th Century	Kosinitza Monastery, Drama, Greece (Formerly: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)
8	GA_Lect_425	9th-10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
9	GA_0211	9th Century	Tbilisi, National Centre of Manuscripts
10	GA_017	9th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
11	GA_033	10th Century	University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians: University of Munich, Germany
12	GA_2414	10th Century	Zagora, Greece, Public Historical Library of Zagora
13	GA_773	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
14	GA_2907	10th Century	UK, private collection
15	GA_34	10th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
16	GA_1417	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
17	GA_106	11th–12th Century	Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
18	GA_124	11th Century	Austrian National Library, Vienna
19	GA_230	11th Century	The Royal Library of El Escorial, Escorial
20	GA_2370	11th Century	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
21	GA_473_Lambeth22	11th Century	London, United Kingdom, Lambeth Palace Library
22	GA_700	11th Century	London, UK, British Library
23	GA_785	11th-12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
24	GA_804	11th Century	Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens
25	GA_798	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
26	GA_796	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
27	GA_788	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
28	GA_774	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
29	GA_200	11th Century	Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
30	GA_1691	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
31	GA_1413	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
32	GA_Lect_434	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
33	GA_2478	12th-13th Century	Krakow, Poland, The Princes Czartoryski Library
34	GA_Lect_1434	12th Century	Tirana, Albanian National Archives
35	GA_346_KC	12th Century	Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
36	GA_897	12th Century	University of Edinburgh
37	GA_793	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
38	GA_787	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
39	GA_782	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
40	GA_779	12th-13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
41	GA_778	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
42	GA_777	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
43	GA_760	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
44	GA_543	12th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
45	GA_1	12th Century	Basel, University Library
46	GA_1692	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
47	GA_1418	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
48	GA_1416	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
49	GA_1415	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
50	GA_1689_Prague	13th Century	Prague, Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences Library
51	GA_775	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
52	GA_759	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
53	GA_757	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
54	GA_544	13th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
55	GA_2374_Walters	13th-14th Century	Baltimore, Maryland, Walters Art Museum
56	GA_260_BNF	13th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
57	GA_2525	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
58	GA_1697	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
59	GA_1690	13th-14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
60	GA_13	13th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
61	GA_811	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
62	GA_784	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
63	GA_772	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
64	GA_763	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
65	GA_761	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
66	GA_762	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
67	GA_758	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
68	GA_545	15th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

(1) καρπων : א, B, C, E, G, K, M, O, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(2) καρπον : L

(3) επιγνωσεσθε : א, B, G, K, M, S, Δ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 33?, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(4) επιγνωσεσθαι : C, E, O, W, Σ, 13
(5) επεγνωσεσθε : L

(6) μητι : א, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, O, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(7) μη τινες : 13

(8) συλλεγουσιν : א, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, O, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 33?, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, Majority
(9) συλεγουσιν : 4, ℓ1086

(10) ακανθων : א, B, C, E, G, K, M, O, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(11) ακανθως : L

(12) σταφυλην : C, E, G, K, M, O, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(13) σταφυλιν : L
(14) σταφυλας : א, B, 1, 4, 22, 892, 1582

(15) τριβολων : א, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, O, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 4*, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 109, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(16) α τριβολων : S, 4c

K (f26v), L (f15rc2-vc1), M (f33vc1), S (f29rc1-2), Ω (f42c2), 4 (f16r), 7 (f33r), 9 (f22r), 10 (f20r), 11 (f36r), 12 (p68), 22 (f5v), 34 (f38v), 36 (f41v), 44 (f25r), 230, (f25rc2) 438 (f34v), 439 (f20rc1), 500 (f21r-v), 556 (f12v), 700 (f27r), 1582 (f19v-20r)

892 (f36v)

(a) Tischendorf quotes Peshitta for σταφυλάς in Codices Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, but according to G.H. Gwilliam, the evidence is doubtful, for the plural ܥܢܒܐ may represent the collective force, which σταφυλὴ often has, see Grimm’s (Thayer) and Bloomfield’s Lexicon to the Greek Testament. According to Bloomfield, the reading σταφυλάς was probably from the Itala and Vulgate versions. The singular σταφυλὴν is used for the plural – as in Isa 5:2. It was possibly an Alexandrian Greek idiom.

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Matthew 7:20 (4)

1 (fragment) ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν | 575 3588 2590
2 (fragment) τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν | 3588 2590 846
3 (fragment) καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε | 2590 846 1921
4 (fragment) αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. | 846 1921 846

Matthew 12:33 (1)

5 (fragment) τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν | 3588 2590 846

Matthew 21:34 (1)

6 (fragment) τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν | 3588 2590 846

Matthew 21:43 (1)

7 (fragment) τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν | 3588 2590 846

Mark 12:2 (1)

8 (fragment) ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν | 575 3588 2590

Luke 6:44 (16)

9 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν | 4816 2590 173
10 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, σταφυλὰς | 4816 2590 4718
11 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, σῦκα; | 4816 2590 4810
12 (random) συλλέγουσιν, ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς | 4816 173 4718
13 (random) συλλέγουσιν, ἀκανθῶν, σῦκα; | 4816 173 4810
14 (random) συλλέγουσιν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 4816 4718 4810
15 (random) καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς | 2590 173 4718
16 (random) καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν, σῦκα; | 2590 173 4810
17 (random) καρπῶν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 2590 4718 4810
18 (random) ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 173 4718 4810
19 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς | 4816 2590 173 4718
20 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν, σῦκα; | 4816 2590 173 4810
21 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 4816 2590 4718 4810
22 (random) συλλέγουσιν, ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 4816 173 4718 4810
23 (random) καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 2590 173 4718 4810
24 (random) συλλέγουσιν, καρπῶν, ἀκανθῶν, σταφυλὰς, σῦκα; | 4816 2590 173 4718 4810