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The True Vine

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 aEvery branch in Me that does not bear fruit He1 takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear bmore fruit.  
3 aYou are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.  
4 aAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.  
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much afruit; for without Me you can do bnothing.  
6 If anyone does not abide in Me, ahe is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.  
7 If you abide in Me, and My words aabide in you, byou will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.  
8 aBy this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; bso you will be My disciples.  

Love and Joy Perfected

9 “As the Father aloved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.  
10 aIf you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.  
11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and athat your joy may be full.  
12 aThis is My bcommandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  
13 aGreater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.  
14 aYou are My friends if you do whatever I command you.  
15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, afor all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.  
16 aYou did not choose Me, but I chose you and bappointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father cin My name He may give you.  
17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

The World’s Hatred

18 a“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.  
19 aIf you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet bbecause you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  
20 Remember the word that I said to you, a‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. bIf they kept My word, they will keep yours also.  
21 But aall these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.  
22 aIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, bbut now they have no excuse for their sin.  
23 aHe who hates Me hates My Father also.  
24 If I had not done among them athe works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have bseen and also hated both Me and My Father.  
25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, a‘They hated Me without a cause.’  

The Coming Rejection

26 a“But when the1 Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, bHe will testify of Me.  
27 And ayou also will bear witness, because byou have been with Me from the beginning. 
Verse Comparison: John 15:2

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American Standard Version
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every `branch' that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

Amplified® Bible
Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses {and} repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more {and} richer {and} more excellent fruit.

Contemporary English Version
He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit.

Darby English Version
[As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

Good News Bible
He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

International Standard Version
He removes every branch in me that does not produce fruit, and he cleanses every branch that does produce fruit so that it might produce more fruit.

King James Version
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

New American Standard Bible
"Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every {branch} that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.

New International Version
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

New King James Version
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.

Young's Literal Translation
every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;


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