John 15

1 'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;

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

2 every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

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

4 remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

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

5 'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

6 if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and case him into the fire, and be burneth.

7 if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

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

8 'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.

9 According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you.

10 if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father’s commandments, and do abide in his love.

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

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

12 'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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

13 greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14 ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

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

15 no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

16 'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 'These things I command you, that ye love one another;

These things I command you, that you love one another.

18 if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

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

19 if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not — but I chose out of the world — because of this the world hateth you.

If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen 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 me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

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

21 but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

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

22 if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not 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 is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

24 if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

If I had not done among them the works that 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 — that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law — They hated me without a cause.

But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause.

26 'And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.

27 and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.

And you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.