Yochanan 15

1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

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 which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.

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

Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with 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 give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me.

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

I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.

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

But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn.

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

But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you.

8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my talmidim.

IN this is glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.

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

As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me.

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 my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and abide in his love.

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

These have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

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

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

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

Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

You are my friends, if you do all that I command you.

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

No more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto 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.

You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you.

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

These I command you, That you love one another.

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

And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.

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.

And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth you.

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

Remember the word which I spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.

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

But these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not Him who 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 with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.

23 He who hates me hates my Father also.

He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.

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

And if the works I had not done before their eyes which no other man hath done, they had not had sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father;

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

that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me undeservedly.

26 "When the Helper has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Ruach of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

But when the Paraclete cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.

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

You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.