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 taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth, that it may bear more fruit.
3 already ye are clean, because of the word that 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 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, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye 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, 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 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 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 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 ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done for you.
8 'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will 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, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
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 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 these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be 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 command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;
This is my commandment, that ye 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 hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
14 ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;
Ye are my friends, if ye do what 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.
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 '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.
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 'These things I command you, that ye love one another;
This I command you, that ye love one another.
18 if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated 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 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 me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;
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 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 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 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 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 — that the word may be fulfilled that 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 '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;
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 and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.
And ye also are witnesses, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
