1 “ I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

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

2 E very branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.

Every 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.

3 Y ou are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 A bide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

Abide 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.

5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

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.

6 I f anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.

He 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.

7 I f you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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

8 M y Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.

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

9 J ust as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

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

10 I f you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

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.

11 T hese things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

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

12 “ This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

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

13 G reater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

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

14 Y ou are My friends if you do what I command you.

Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15 N o longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

From 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.

16 Y ou did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

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

17 T his I command you, that you love one another. Disciples’ Relation to the World

This I command you, that ye love one another.

18 “ If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

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

19 I f you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates 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 hates you.

20 R emember the word that I said to you, ‘ A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

Remember 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.

21 B ut all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

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

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

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

23 H e who hates Me hates My Father also.

He that hates me hates my Father also.

24 I f I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

If 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.

25 B ut they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘ They hated Me without a cause.’

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

26 “ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,

¶ 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;

27 a nd you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

and ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me from the beginning.