The Vine and the Branches
1 "I am 15:1 Ex 3:14; Jn 8:24,58the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.2 Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, 15:2 Mt 3:10; 7:19; 15:13; Lk 3:9; 13:6–9; Jn 15:6; Rm 11:17,22and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.4 Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 15:4 Jn 6:56; 8:28; 1Jn 2:55 I am the vine; 15:5 Jms 3:12you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, 15:5 Mk 4:8because you can do nothing without me.8 My Father is glorified 15:8 Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be 15:8 Or and becomemy disciples.