1 ¶ I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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

2 E very branch in me that does not bear fruit he shall take away; and every one that bears fruit, he shall purge that they may bring forth more fruit.

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;

3 N ow ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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

4 A bide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abides in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

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.

5 I AM the vine, ye are the branches: he that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

`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;

6 H e who does not abide in me shall be cast forth as an unsound branch and shall wither, and they are gathered and cast into the fire and are burned.

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;

7 I f ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

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.

8 I n this is my Father clarified, in that ye bear much fruit; and in this manner ye shall be my disciples.

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

9 ¶ As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

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

10 I f 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 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;

11 T hese things I have spoken unto you that my joy may abide in you and that your joy might be fulfilled.

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

12 T his is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you.

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

13 G reater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.

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

14 Y e are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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

15 F rom now on I do not call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his lord does; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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.

16 Y e 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 whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it unto you.

`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.

17 T his I command you, that ye love one another.

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

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

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

19 I f 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 hates you.

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.

20 R emember the word that I said unto you, The slave is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

`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;

21 B ut they will do all these things unto you for my name’s sake, because they do not know him that sent me.

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

22 I f I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.

23 H e that hates me hates my Father also.

`He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

24 I f I had not done among them works which no other man has done, they would not have sin; but now they have seen them and hate both me and my Father.

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;

25 B ut this comes to pass that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.

26 ¶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;

`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;

27 a nd ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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