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.3 You are already clean 15:3 Ps 24:4; Ti 1:15because of the word I have spoken to you.