John 15:1-8

Jesus Is the Vine--Followers Are Branches

1 "¹I am the true vine, and My Father is the ²vinedresser.

2 "Every 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.

3 "³You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 "⁴Abide 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.

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

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

7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ⁷ask whatever * you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 "My ⁸Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ⁹prove to be My disciples.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 80:8f; Isaiah 5:1f; Ezekiel 19:10f; Matthew 21:33f
• 2. Matthew 15:13; Romans 11:17; 1 Corinthians 3:9
• 3. John 13:10; John 17:17; Ephesians 5:26
• 4. John 6:56; John 15:4-7; 1 John 2:6
• 5. John 15:16
• 6. John 15:2
• 7. Matthew 7:7; John 15:16
• 8. Matthew 5:16
• 9. John 8:31

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "cleans;" used to describe pruning
• [b] I.e. pruned like a branch
• [c] Lit "from"
• [d] Or "become My disciples"