By the fruits you will know them 從它結的果你可以認出它（馬太7：20）

The Bible has been the most influential text in all of Western culture. It's difficult to understand medieval or early modern or much of modern literature without knowing it...

Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
from 2006 Bible Literary project

It's not that it's impossible to read some writers without a Biblical background, but that you would miss a whole dimension to their work.

Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

You can't really study Western literature intelligently or coherently without starting with the Bible.

Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

Prof. Roland M. Frye
from Shakespeare and the Christian Doctrine

In English tradition and also for an American tradition begun by Puritan writers, a knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is even more crucial than classical references.

Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

There is no book more important for our culture than the Bible, and it is fundametal to the study of English literature and language.

Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
from the Bible and literature

By the fruits you will know them 從它結的果你可以認出它（馬太7：20）

圖片說明： By their fruits you will know them
圖片版權： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

聖經經文

“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:20) King James Version “凡不結好果子的，就要砍下來，扔到火裡去。所以，憑著他們的果子，就可以認出他們來。 ”（馬太 7：20KJV）

意思

這個諺語是指一個人的壞念頭很容易從他或她的舉止中看出來。

來源及應用

在他著名的山上寶訓中，耶穌提醒百姓要小心假先知。一個真正的先知是依據聖經和基督的教導來傳播真理的，假先知卻打著虔誠的幌子，篡改基督教的教義。他們結的果子，他們做的事情，是應該被“扔到火裡的。”

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deeds fruits intention know

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By the fruits you will know them 從它結的果你可以認出它（馬太7：20）

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