1 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
2 He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
3 You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.
4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.
5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
7 If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.
8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.
9 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.
10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.
19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.
1 Jeg er det sanne vintre, og min Fader er vingårdsmannen.
2 Hver gren på mig som ikke bærer frukt, den tar han bort, og hver den som bærer frukt, den renser han, forat den skal bære mere frukt.
3 I er alt rene på grunn av det ord som jeg har talt til eder;
4 bli i mig, så blir jeg i eder! Likesom grenen ikke kan bære frukt av sig selv, men bare når den blir i vintreet, således heller ikke I uten at I blir i mig.
5 Jeg er vintreet, I er grenene; den som blir i mig, og jeg i ham, han bærer megen frukt; for uten mig kan I intet gjøre.
6 Om nogen ikke blir i mig, da kastes han ut som en gren og visner, og de sankes sammen og kastes på ilden, og de brenner.
7 Dersom I blir i mig, og mine ord blir i eder, da bed om hvad I vil, og I skal få det.
8 Derved er min Fader herliggjort at I bærer megen frukt, og I skal bli mine disipler.
9 Likesom Faderen har elsket mig, så har jeg elsket eder; bli i min kjærlighet!
10 Dersom I holder mine bud, da blir I i min kjærlighet, likesom jeg har holdt min Faders bud og blir i hans kjærlighet.
11 Dette har jeg talt til eder forat min glede kan være i eder, og eders glede kan bli fullkommen.
12 Dette er mitt bud at I skal elske hverandre, likesom jeg har elsket eder.
13 Ingen har større kjærlighet enn denne at han setter sitt liv til for sine venner;
14 I er mine venner dersom I gjør det jeg byder eder.
15 Jeg kaller eder ikke lenger tjenere; for tjeneren vet ikke hvad hans herre gjør; men eder har jeg kalt venner, for alt det jeg har hørt av min Fader, har jeg kunngjort eder.
16 I har ikke utvalgt mig, men jeg har utvalgt eder, og jeg har satt eder til å gå ut og bære frukt, frukt som varer, forat Faderen skal gi eder alt det I beder ham om i mitt navn.
17 Dette byder jeg eder at I skal elske hverandre.
18 Når verden hater eder, da skal I vite at den har hatet mig før eder.
19 Var I av verden, da vilde verden elske sitt eget; men fordi I ikke er av verden, men jeg har utvalgt eder av verden, derfor hater verden eder.
20 Kom det ord i hu som jeg sa eder: En tjener er ikke større enn sin herre! Har de forfulgt mig, så skal de også forfølge eder; har de holdt mitt ord, så skal de også holde eders.
21 Men alt dette skal de gjøre mot eder for mitt navns skyld, fordi de ikke kjenner ham som har sendt mig.
22 Var jeg ikke kommet og hadde talt til dem, da hadde de ikke synd; men nu har de ingen undskyldning for sin synd.
23 Den som hater mig, han hater også min Fader.
24 Hadde jeg ikke gjort de gjerninger blandt dem som ingen annen har gjort, da hadde de ikke synd; men nu har de sett dem og allikevel hatet både mig og min Fader.
25 Men dette er skjedd forat det ord skal opfylles som er skrevet i deres lov: De hatet mig uten årsak.
26 Når talsmannen kommer, som jeg skal sende eder fra Faderen, sannhetens Ånd, som utgår fra Faderen, han skal vidne om mig.
27 Men også I skal vidne; for I har vært med mig fra begynnelsen av.