1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

8 "In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. 9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. 16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another. 18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’✝15:20 John 13:16 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24 If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father. 25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’✝15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4

26 "When the Counselor * 15:26 Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comforter. has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. 27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

1 „Mina olen tõeline viinapuu ja minu Isa on aednik. 2 Iga viljatu oksa lõikab ta minu küljest ära. Iga viljakandvat oksa ta puhastab, et see kannaks veel enam vilja. 3 Teie olete juba puhtad õpetuse tõttu, mille ma olen teile andnud. 4 Jääge minusse, ja mina jään teisse. Nagu oks ei saa kanda vilja omaette; ta peab jääma viinapuu külge. Nii ka teie ei kanna vilja, kui te ei jää minusse.

5 Mina olen viinapuu, teie olete oksad. Kes jääb minusse ja mina temasse, see kannab palju vilja, sest minust lahus ei saa te midagi teha. 6 Kes ei jää minusse, on nagu äravisatud oks – ta kuivab. Need korjatakse kokku, visatakse tulle ja põletatakse ära. 7 Kui te jääte minusse ja minu sõnad jäävad teisse, siis paluge, mida te iganes soovite, ja see sünnib teile. 8 See toob au minu Isale, kui te kannate palju vilja näidates, et te olete minu jüngrid.

9 Nõnda nagu Isa on armastanud mind, olen mina armastanud teid. Jääge minu armastusse! 10 Kui te peate kinni minu käskudest, siis te jääte minu armastusse, nagu mina olen pidanud kinni oma Isa käskudest ja jään tema armastusse. 11 Seda ma olen rääkinud teile, et minu rõõm oleks teis ja teie rõõm oleks täielik. 12 Minu käsk on see: armastage üksteist, nii nagu mina olen teid armastanud! 13 Ei ole suuremat armastust kui see, et keegi loovutab elu oma sõprade eest. 14 Teie olete mu sõbrad, kui te teete, mida ma teid käsin. 15 Ma ei nimeta teid enam sulasteks. Sulane ju ei tea, mida ta isand teeb. Ma nimetan teid sõpradeks, sest ma olen teile teada andnud kõik, mida ma olen kuulnud oma Isalt. 16 Teie ei ole valinud mind. Mina olen valinud teid ja määranud nii, et te läheksite välja ja kannaksite vilja, mis jääb kestma. Ja mida iganes te minu nimel palute, seda Isa annab teile. 17 See on mu käsk: armastage üksteist!

18 Kui maailm teid vihkab, siis teadke, et mind on ta vihanud enne teid. 19 Kui te kuuluksite maailmale, küll maailm siis armastaks teid kui omi. Aga et te ei kuulu maailmale, vaid mina olen teid maailmast välja valinud, seepärast maailm vihkab teid. 20 Tuletage meelde, mis ma teile ütlesin: „Ei ole teener suurem oma isandast." Kui nad on mind taga kiusanud, siis nad hakkavad ka teid taga kiusama. Kui nad aga on pidanud kinni minu õpetusest, siis peavad nad kinni ka teie omast. 21 Nad teevad seda teile minu nime pärast, kuna nad ei tunne teda, kes mind saatis. 22 Kui ma ei oleks tulnud ja nendega rääkinud, siis ei oleks nad ka süüdi patus. Nüüd aga ei saa nad vabandada oma pattu. 23 Kes vihkab mind, vihkab ka minu Isa. 24 Kui ma ei oleks nende nähes teinud tegusid, mida ei ole teinud keegi teine, siis poleks nad patus süüdi. Nüüd aga on nad näinud neid tegusid ning vihanud nii mind kui ka minu Isa. 25 Nõnda läheb täide, mis on kirjas nende Seaduses: „Nad on vihanud mind ilma põhjuseta."

26 Ent kui tuleb Abistaja, kelle ma teile Isa juurest saadan, Tõe Vaim, kes lähtub Isast, siis tema tunnistab minust. 27 Ja teiegi peate tunnistama, sest te olete olnud koos minuga algusest peale.