1 Ek is die ware wynstok, en my Vader is die landbouer.

2 Elke loot wat in My nie vrug dra nie, neem Hy weg; en elke loot wat vrug dra, die maak Hy skoon, sodat dit meer vrug kan dra.

3 Julle is alreeds rein deur die woord wat Ek tot julle gespreek het.

4 Bly in My, soos Ek in julle. Net soos die loot geen vrug kan dra van homself as dit nie in die wynstok bly nie, so julle ook nie as julle in My nie bly nie.

5 Ek is die wynstok, julle die lote. Wie in My bly, en Ek in hom, hy dra veel vrug; want sonder My kan julle niks doen nie.

6 As iemand in My nie bly nie, word hy uitgewerp soos die loot en verdroog, en hulle maak dit bymekaar en gooi dit in die vuur, en dit verbrand.

7 As julle in My bly en my woorde in julle, sal julle vra net wat julle wil hê, en julle sal dit verkry.

8 Hierin is my Vader verheerlik, dat julle veel vrug dra; en julle sal my dissipels wees.

9 Soos die Vader My liefgehad het, het Ek julle ook liefgehad. Bly in hierdie liefde van My.

10 As julle my gebooie bewaar, sal julle in my liefde bly, net soos Ek die gebooie van my Vader bewaar en in sy liefde bly.

11 Dit het Ek vir julle gesê, dat my blydskap in julle kan bly en julle blydskap volkome kan word.

12 Dit is my gebod, dat julle mekaar moet liefhê net soos Ek julle liefgehad het.

13 Groter liefde het niemand as dit nie, dat iemand sy lewe vir sy vriende gee.

14 Julle is my vriende as julle alles doen wat Ek julle beveel.

15 Ek noem julle nie meer diensknegte nie, omdat die dienskneg nie weet wat sy heer doen nie. Maar Ek het julle vriende genoem, omdat Ek alles wat Ek van my Vader gehoor het, aan julle bekend gemaak het.

16 Julle het My nie uitverkies nie, maar Ek het julle uitverkies en julle aangestel om vrug te gaan dra en dat julle vrug kan bly, sodat wat julle die Vader ook al in my Naam vra, Hy julle dit kan gee.

17 Dit gebied Ek julle, dat julle mekaar moet liefhê.

18 As die wêreld julle haat, moet julle weet dat hy My voor julle gehaat het.

19 As julle van die wêreld was, sou die wêreld sy eiendom liefhê. Maar omdat julle nie van die wêreld is nie, maar Ek julle uit die wêreld uitverkies het, daarom haat die wêreld julle.

20 Onthou die woord wat Ek vir julle gesê het: 'n Dienskneg is nie groter as sy heer nie. As hulle My vervolg het, sal hulle jul ook vervolg. As hulle my woord bewaar het, sal hulle jul woord ook bewaar.

21 Maar al hierdie dinge sal hulle aan julle doen ter wille van my Naam, omdat hulle Hom nie ken wat My gestuur het nie.

22 As Ek nie gekom en met hulle gespreek het nie, sou hulle geen sonde hê nie; maar nou het hulle geen verskoning vir hul sonde nie.

23 Wie my haat, haat ook my Vader.

24 As Ek nie die werke onder hulle gedoen het wat niemand anders gedoen het nie, sou hulle geen sonde hê nie. Maar nou het hulle dit gesien, en tog het hulle My sowel as my Vader gehaat.

25 Maar die woord wat in hulle wet geskrywe is, moet vervul word: Hulle het My sonder oorsaak gehaat.

26 Maar as die Trooster gekom het wat Ek vir julle van die Vader sal stuur, die Gees van die waarheid wat van die Vader uitgaan, sal Hy van My getuig.

27 En julle getuig ook, omdat julle van die begin af met My is.

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.