John 15:1-16

New American Standard Bible

Jesus Is the Vine—Followers Are Branches

15 “^(A)I am the true vine, and My Father is the ^(B)vinedresser. ²Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He ^[a]prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. ³^(C)You are already ^[b]clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴^(D)Remain in Me, ^[c]and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit ^[d]of itself ^[e]but must remain in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. ⁵I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him ^[f]^(E)bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not remain in Me, he is ^(F)thrown away like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ^(G)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸My ^(H)Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ^[g]^(I)prove to be My disciples. ⁹Just as ^(J)the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love. ¹⁰^(K)If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as ^(L)I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. ¹¹^(M)These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your ^(N)joy may be made full.

Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

¹²“This is ^(O)My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. ¹³^(P)Greater love has no one than this, that a person will ^(Q)lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are My ^(R)friends if ^(S)you do what I command you. ¹⁵No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because ^(T)all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶^(U)You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and ^(V)bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that ^(W)whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.