1 Eu sou a videira verdadeira, e meu Pai é o agricultor. 2 Todo ramo que, estando em mim, não der fruto, ele o corta; e todo o que dá fruto limpa, para que produza mais fruto ainda. 3 Vós já estais limpos pela palavra que vos tenho falado; 4 permanecei em mim, e eu permanecerei em vós. Como não pode o ramo produzir fruto de si mesmo, se não permanecer na videira, assim, nem vós o podeis dar, se não permanecerdes em mim. 5 Eu sou a videira, vós, os ramos. Quem permanece em mim, e eu, nele, esse dá muito fruto; porque sem mim nada podeis fazer. 6 Se alguém não permanecer em mim, será lançado fora, à semelhança do ramo, e secará; e o apanham, lançam no fogo e o queimam. 7 Se permanecerdes em mim, e as minhas palavras permanecerem em vós, pedireis o que quiserdes, e vos será feito. 8 Nisto é glorificado meu Pai, em que deis muito fruto; e assim vos tornareis meus discípulos. 9 Como o Pai me amou, também eu vos amei; permanecei no meu amor. 10 Se guardardes os meus mandamentos, permanecereis no meu amor; assim como também eu tenho guardado os mandamentos de meu Pai e no seu amor permaneço. 11 Tenho-vos dito estas coisas para que o meu gozo esteja em vós, e o vosso gozo seja completo.

12 O meu mandamento é este: que vos ameis uns aos outros, assim como eu vos amei. 13 Ninguém tem maior amor do que este: de dar alguém a própria vida em favor dos seus amigos. 14 Vós sois meus amigos, se fazeis o que eu vos mando. 15 Já não vos chamo servos, porque o servo não sabe o que faz o seu senhor; mas tenho-vos chamado amigos, porque tudo quanto ouvi de meu Pai vos tenho dado a conhecer. 16 Não fostes vós que me escolhestes a mim; pelo contrário, eu vos escolhi a vós outros e vos designei para que vades e deis fruto, e o vosso fruto permaneça; a fim de que tudo quanto pedirdes ao Pai em meu nome, ele vo-lo conceda. 17 Isto vos mando: que vos ameis uns aos outros.

18 Se o mundo vos odeia, sabei que, primeiro do que a vós outros, me odiou a mim. 19 Se vós fôsseis do mundo, o mundo amaria o que era seu; como, todavia, não sois do mundo, pelo contrário, dele vos escolhi, por isso, o mundo vos odeia. 20 Lembrai-vos da palavra que eu vos disse: não é o servo maior do que seu senhor. Se me perseguiram a mim, também perseguirão a vós outros; se guardaram a minha palavra, também guardarão a vossa. 21 Tudo isto, porém, vos farão por causa do meu nome, porquanto não conhecem aquele que me enviou. 22 Se eu não viera, nem lhes houvera falado, pecado não teriam; mas, agora, não têm desculpa do seu pecado. 23 Quem me odeia odeia também a meu Pai. 24 Se eu não tivesse feito entre eles tais obras, quais nenhum outro fez, pecado não teriam; mas, agora, não somente têm eles visto, mas também odiado, tanto a mim como a meu Pai. 25 Isto, porém, é para que se cumpra a palavra escrita na sua lei:

Odiaram-me sem motivo.

26 Quando, porém, vier o Consolador, que eu vos enviarei da parte do Pai, o Espírito da verdade, que dele procede, esse dará testemunho de mim; 27 e vós também testemunhareis, porque estais comigo desde o princípio.

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples. 9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you. 16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another. 18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me: 27 and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes "so that it will be even more fruitful.

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

4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.

14 You are my friends if you do what I command.

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit —fruit that will last —and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

17 This is my command: Love each other.

18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

20 Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' "If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.

24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.' [^3]

26 "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father —the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father —he will testify about me.

27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.