John 15
1 Y am a very vyne, and my fadir is an erthe tilier.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman:
2 Ech braunch in me that berith not fruyt, he schal take awey it; and ech that berith fruyt, he schal purge it, that it bere the more fruyt.
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 ben clene, for the word that Y haue spokun to you.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Dwelle ye in me, and Y in you; as a braunche may not make fruyt of it silf, but it dwelle in the vyne, so nether ye, but ye dwelle in me.
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 Y am a vyne, ye the braunchis. Who that dwellith in me, and Y in hym, this berith myche fruyt, for with outen me ye moun no thing do.
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 ony man dwellith not in me, he schal be caste out as a braunche, and schal wexe drie; and thei schulen gadere hym, and thei schulen caste hym in to the fier, and he brenneth.
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 dwellen in me, and my wordis dwelle in you, what euer thing ye wolen, ye schulen axe, and it schal be don to you.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be granted you.
8 In this thing my fadir is clarified, that ye brynge forth ful myche fruyt, and that ye be maad my disciplis.
Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As my fadir louede me, Y haue loued you; dwelle ye in my loue.
As the Father hath loved me, and I have loved you, continue in my love:
10 If ye kepen my comaundementis, ye schulen dwelle in my loue; as Y haue kept the comaundementis of my fadir, and Y dwelle in his loue.
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 thingis Y spak to you, that my ioye be in you, and youre ioye be fulfillid.
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 comaundement, that ye loue togidere, as Y louede you.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 No man hath more loue than this, that a man putte his lijf for hise freendis.
Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends:
14 Ye ben my freendis if ye doen tho thingis, that Y comaunde to you.
and ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.
15 Now Y schal not clepe you seruauntis, for the seruaunt woot not, what his lord schal do; but Y haue clepid you freendis, for alle thingis what euere Y herde of my fadir, Y haue maad knowun to you.
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 han not chosun me, but Y chees you; and Y haue put you, that ye go, and brynge forth fruyt, and youre fruyt dwelle; that what euere thing ye axen the fadir in my name, he yyue to you.
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 thingis Y comaunde to you, that ye loue togidere.
These commands I give you, that ye should love one another.
18 If the world hatith you, wite ye, that it hadde me in hate rather than you.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me first.
19 If ye hadden be of the world, the world schulde loue that thing that was his; but for ye ben not of the world, but Y chees you fro the world, therfor the world hatith you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Haue ye mynde of my word, which Y seide to you, The seruaunt is not grettere than his lord. If thei han pursued me, thei schulen pursue you also; if thei han kept my word, thei schulen kepe youre also.
Remember what I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.
21 But thei schulen do to you alle these thingis for my name, for thei knowen not hym that sente me.
But all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that sent me.
22 If Y hadde not comun, and hadde not spokun to hem, thei schulden not haue synne; but now thei haue noon excusacioun of her synne.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hatith me, hatith also my fadir.
He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
24 If Y hadde not doon werkis in hem, whiche noon other man dide, thei schulden not haue synne; but now both thei han seyn, and hatid me and my fadir.
If I had not done among them such works as no other ever did, they had not comparatively had sin: but now they have both seen, and hated, both me and my Father.
25 But that the word be fulfillid, that is writun in her lawe, For thei hadden me in hate with outen cause.
But thus it is that the word might be fulfilled, which is written in their law, they hated me without a cause.
26 But whanne the coumfortour schal come, which Y schal sende to you fro the fadir, a spirit of treuthe, which cometh of the fadir, he schal bere witnessyng of me;
But when the comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, (even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, ) He shall testify of me.
27 and ye schulen bere witnessyng, for ye ben with me fro the bigynnyng.
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
