4 Bible Verses about Branches, Figurative Uses

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing). If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, so is the rest of the lump; if the root is consecrated, so are the branches. Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem, do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem.read more.
You will say, "But branches were broken off to let me be grafted in!"

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, so is the rest of the lump; if the root is consecrated, so are the branches.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.