Matthew 7:19 (YLT)

Passage

Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:17 so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

Matthew 7:18 A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.

Matthew 7:19 Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

Matthew 7:20 therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

Matthew 7:21 `Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "tree", "yielding", "good", "fruit", "down", "cast", and "fire". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "tree" and "yielding", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "A good tree is not able to..." into verse 20's "therefore from their fruits ye shall know...", so "tree" and "yielding" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "tree" and "yielding" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.