John 15

1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth, that it may bear more fruit.

3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Ye are clean already, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit; for apart from me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

If any one abideth not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather it, and cast it into the fire, and it is burned.

7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done for you.

8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will become my disciples.

9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

If ye keep my commandments, ye will abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

Ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things which I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

This I command you, that ye love one another.

18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Remember what I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my words, they will keep yours also.

21 But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they do not know him who sent me.

But all these things will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.

He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.

If I had not done among them the works which no other man hath done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their Law: “They hated me without a cause.”

26 “When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

When the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he will bear witness of me.

27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

And ye also are witnesses, because ye have been with me from the beginning.