1 I am the vine the true, and the Father of me the vinedresser is.
2 Every branch in me, not bearing fruit, he takes away it; and every one the fruit bearing, he cleanses it, that more fruit it may bear.
3 Already you clean are, through the word, which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide you in me, and I in you. As the branch not is able fruit to bear of itself, if not it may abide in the vine; so neither you, if not in me you abide.
5 I am the vine, you the branches. He abiding in me, and I am in him, this bears fruit much; because apart from me not you are able to do nothing.
6 If not any one may abide in me, he is cast out, like the branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and into a fire they cast, and it is burned.
7 If you abide in me and the words of me in you may abide, whatever you may wish you shall ask, and it shall be for you.
8 In this was glorified the Father of me, that fruit much you might bear, and you shall be to me disciples.
9 As loved me the Father, and I loved you; abide you in the love the mine.
10 If the commandments of me you may keep, you will abide in the love of me; as I the commandments of the Father of me have kept, and abide of him in the love.
11 These things I have spoken to you, that the joy the mine in you may abide, and the joy of you may be fulfilled.
12 This is the commandment the mine, that you love each other, as I loved you.
13 Greater of this love no one has, that any one the life of himself may lay down in behalf of the friends of himself.
14 You friends of me are, if you may do what things I command you.
15 No more you I call slaves; because the slaves not knows what does of him the lord; you but I have called friends, because all things which I heard from the Father of me, I made known to you.
16 Not you me did choose, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you might go and fruit might bear, and the fruit of you might abide; so that whatever you may ask the Father in the name of me, he may give to you.
17 These things I command you, that you may love each other.
18 If the world you hates, you know, that me before you it has hated.
19 If of the world you were, the world would the own kiss, because but of the world not you are, but I chose you out of the world, on account of this hates you the world.
20 Remember you the world, of which I said to you. Not is a slave greater of the lord of himself. If me they persecuted, also you they will persecute; if the word of me they kept, also the yours they will keep.
21 But these things all they will do to you on account of the name of me, because not they know him sending me.
22 If not I had come and spoken to them, sin not they had; now but an excuse not they have about the sin of them.
23 He me hating, also the Father of me hates.
24 If the works, not I had done among them, which no one other has done, sin not they had; now but even they have seen, and have hated both me and that Father of me.
25 But, that may be fulfilled the word of having been written in the law of them: That they hated me without cause.
26 When but may come the helper, whom I will send to you from the Father, (the spirit of the truth, which from the Father shall come out,) that will testify concerning me.
27 Also you and shall testify, because from a beginning with me you are.
1 »I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator.
2 »He takes away the branches in me that do not bear fruit. He cleans every branch that bears fruit. That way it may bear more fruit.
3 »You are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 »Remain with me, and I with you. The branch cannot bear fruit by itself. It must remain on the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain with me.
5 »I am the vine and you are the branches. He that remains with me, and I with him, the same bears much fruit. You can do nothing apart from me.
6 »If a man does not remain with me, he is removed as a branch, and withers. They gather them and throw them into the fire where they are burned destroyedconsumed.
7 »If you remain with me, and my words remain with you, ask whatever you will, and it will be done for you.
8 »My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit. You will be my disciples.
9 »I love you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
10 »If you obey my commandments you will remain in my love. I have obeyed my Fathers commandments and remain in his love.
11 »I spoke these things in order that my joy may continue with you and your joy may be made full.
12 »This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
13 »No man has greater love then this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 »You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.
15 »I no longer call you servants for the servant does not know what the lord does. I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 »You did not choose me. I chose you and appointed you. You should go and bear fruit and your fruit should remain. Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 »These things I command you, that you may love one another.
18 »If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
19 »If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.
20 »Remember the word I said to you. A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.
21 »They will do all these things to you for my names sake. It is because they do not know the one that sent me.
22 »If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin!
23 »He who hates me hates my Father also.
24 »If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would have no sin. They have seen and hated both my Father and me.
25 »This took place that the word written in the Law may be fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.
26 »I will send the helper from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father to bear witness of me.
27 »You also bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning.«