John 15:1-17 - The Vine And The Branches

¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman: ² every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every one that beareth fruit, He purgeth, that it may bear more fruit. ³ Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. ⁴ Abide therefore in me, and I will abide in you: for as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, beareth much fruit: but without me ye can do nothing. ⁶ If any one abide not in me, he is cast out as a useless branch and withereth: and they gather them up, and throw them into the fire, and they are burnt. ⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be granted you. ⁸ Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.

⁹ As the Father hath loved me, and I have loved you, continue in my love: ¹⁰ and if ye keep my commandments ye will continue in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue in his love.

¹¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy in you may continue, and that your joy may be full. ¹² This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends: ¹⁴ and ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you. ¹⁵ I no longer stile you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for whatsoever I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you. ¹⁶ Ye did not first choose me, but I chose you, and have appointed you to go forth, and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be lasting: that whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name, He may give it you. ¹⁷ These commands I give you, that ye should love one another.