¶ I am the true¹ vine², and my Father is the husbandman³.

Every branch⁴ in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and⁵ every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may⁶ bring forth more fruit.

⁷Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Abide⁸ in me, and I⁹ in you. As¹⁰ the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

I am the vine¹¹, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same¹² bringeth forth much fruit: for without¹³ me ye can¹⁴ do nothing.

If a man abide not in me, he¹⁵ is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

If ye abide in me, and my¹⁶ words abide in you, ye shall¹⁷ ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Herein is¹⁸ my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so¹⁹ shall ye be my disciples.

¶ As the Father²⁰ hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue²¹ ye in my love.

¶ If ye keep²² my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even²³ as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my²⁴ joy might remain in you, and that your²⁵ joy might be full.

²⁶This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

²⁷Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Ye are my²⁸ friends, if²⁹ ye do whatsoever I command you.

Henceforth I call³⁰ you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends³¹; for all³² things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Ye have not³³ chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained³⁴ you, that ye should go and bring³⁵ forth fruit, and that your³⁶ fruit should remain: that whatsoever³⁷ ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

³⁸These things I command you, that ye love one another.

¶³⁹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

If ye were of the world⁴⁰, the world would love his own: but because⁴¹ ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

¶ Remember the word⁴² that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept⁴³ my saying, they will keep yours also.

But all⁴⁴ these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because⁴⁵ they know not him that sent me.

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they⁴⁶ had not had sin: but now they have no cloke⁴⁷ for their sin.

⁴⁸He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

If⁴⁹ I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but⁵⁰ now have they both seen and hated⁵¹ both me and my Father.

But this cometh to pass, that the⁵² word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They⁵³ hated me without⁵⁴ a cause.

¶ But when⁵⁵ the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which⁵⁶ proceedeth from the Father, he⁵⁷ shall testify of me:

And ye also⁵⁸ shall bear witness, because ye have⁵⁹ been with me from the beginning.