OET interlinear MAT 7:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

οὕτως πᾶν δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖ; τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖ

thus every tree good fruits good /is/_producing the but bad tree fruits evil /is/_producing

Here Jesus continues to speak of people as if they were plants that produced fruits. Just as a good tree produces good fruits, so people who follow God do what is right. Just as a roten tree produces rotten fruits, so people who do not follow God do what is wrong. Jesus uses this metaphor for several verses, so you should preserve the figure of speech or use simile form. Alternate translation: “In the same way, every good tree produces good fruits, but the rotten tree produces bad fruits. Similarly, believers do what is right, but unbelievers do what is wrong”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

τὸ & σαπρὸν δένδρον & ποιεῖ

the & bad tree & /is/_producing

The phrase the rotten tree represents rotten trees in general, not one particular rotten tree. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “rotten trees produce”