John 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
"I am the vine, and my Father the vine-grower.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
"Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
"If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
"I have told you these things that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
"You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
"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; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
"This is my command. to love one another. If the worlds hates you,
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
"do not forget that it hated me first.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
"If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that 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 kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
"Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not better than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
"But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they know not Him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
"He who hates me hates my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
"If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
"And so is fulfilled the word written in their Law, ‘They hate me without cause.’
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
"When the Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
"and you to shall bear witness because you have been with me from the first.
