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Learn about the sources and coverage →“I AM the true Vine, and My Father is the One who tends the vineyard.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ γεωργός ἐστιν.
Egō eimi hē ampelos hē alēthinē, kai ho patēr mou ho geōrgos estin.
Every branch in Me that produces no fruit, He removes. Every branch that does produce fruit, He prunes so that it will produce even more.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Πᾶν κλῆμα ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπόν, αἴρει αὐτό∙ καὶ πᾶν τὸ καρπὸν φέρον, καθαίρει αὐτό, ἵνα πλείονα καρπὸν φέρῃ.
Pan klēma en emoi mē pheron karpon, airei auto; kai pan to karpon pheron, kathairei auto, hina pleiona karpon pherē.
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Ἤδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν.
Ēdē hymeis katharoi este dia ton logon hon lelalēka hymin.
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. A branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it remains connected to the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce spiritual fruit unless you remain in Me.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. Καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐὰν μὴ μείνῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μείνητε.
Meinate en emoi, kagō en hymin. Kathōs to klēma ou dynatai karpon pherein aph’ heautou, ean mē meinē en tē ampelō, houtōs oude hymeis, ean mē en emoi meinēte.
I AM the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me, and I in him, will produce much fruit. Apart from Me, you can accomplish nothing of lasting spiritual value.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος, ὑμεῖς τὰ κλήματα. Ὁ μένων ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος φέρει καρπὸν πολύν∙ ὅτι χωρὶς ἐμοῦ οὐ δύνασθε ποιεῖν οὐδέν.
Egō eimi hē ampelos, hymeis ta klēmata. Ho menōn en emoi, kagō en autō, houtos pherei karpon polyn; hoti chōris emou ou dynasthe poiein ouden.
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up. Such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Ἐὰν μή τις μείνῃ ἐν ἐμοί, ἐβλήθη ἔξω ὡς τὸ κλῆμα, καὶ ἐξηράνθη, καὶ συνάγουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ εἰς τὸ πῦρ βάλλουσιν, καὶ καίεται.
Ean mē tis meinē en emoi, eblēthē exō hōs to klēma, kai exēranthē, kai synagousin auta kai eis to pyr ballousin, kai kaietai.
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask for whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Ἐὰν μείνητε ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ τὰ ῥήματά μου ἐν ὑμῖν μείνῃ, ὃ ἐὰν θέλητε αἰτήσεσθε, καὶ γενήσεται ὑμῖν.
Ean meinēte en emoi, kai ta rhēmata mou en hymin meinē, ho ean thelēte aitēsesthe, kai genēsetai hymin.
My Father is glorified when you produce much fruit and show yourselves to be My disciples.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Ἐν τούτῳ ἐδοξάσθη ὁ πατήρ μου, ἵνα καρπὸν πολὺν φέρητε∙ καὶ γενήσεσθε ἐμοὶ μαθηταί.
En toutō edoxasthē ho patēr mou, hina karpon polyn pherēte; kai genēsesthe emoi mathētai.
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have loved you. Remain in My love.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Καθὼς ἠγάπησέν με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς∙ μείνατε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ.
Kathōs ēgapēsen me ho patēr, kagō ēgapēsa hymas; meinate en tē agapē tē emē.
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
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.
Ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολάς μου τηρήσητε, μενεῖτε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου∙ καθὼς ἐγὼ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ πατρός μου τετήρηκα, καὶ μένω αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ.
Ean tas entolas mou tērēsēte, meneite en tē agapē mou; kathōs egō tas entolas tou patros mou tetērēka, kai menō autou en tē agapē.
I have told you these things so that My joy may remain in you and your joy may be complete.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ ἐν ὑμῖν μείνῃ, καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν πληρωθῇ.
Tauta lelalēka hymin, hina hē chara hē emē en hymin meinē, kai hē chara hymōn plērōthē.
This is My commandment: love one another just as I have loved you.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμή, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς.
Hautē estin hē entolē hē emē, hina agapate allēlous, kathōs ēgapēsa hymas.
No one has greater love than this: to willingly lay down his life for his friends.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.
Meizona tautēs agapēn oudeis echei, hina tis tēn psychēn autou thē hyper tōn philōn autou.
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Ὑμεῖς φίλοι μου ἐστέ, ἐὰν ποιῆτε ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν.
Hymeis philoi mou este, ean poiēte hosa egō entellomai hymin.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends because I have made known to you everything I heard from My Father.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Οὐκέτι ὑμᾶς λέγω δούλους, ὅτι ὁ δοῦλος οὐκ οἶδεν τί ποιεῖ αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος∙ ὑμᾶς δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους, ὅτι πάντα ἃ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐγνώρισα ὑμῖν.
Ouketi hymas legō doulous, hoti ho doulos ouk oiden ti poiei autou ho kyrios; hymas de eirēka philous, hoti panta ha ēkousa para tou patros mou egnōrisa hymin.
You did not choose Me; I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε, καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ∙ ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, δῷ ὑμῖν.
Ouch hymeis me exelexasthe, all’ egō exelexamēn hymas, kai ethēka hymas, hina hymeis hypagēte kai karpon pherēte, kai ho karpos hymōn menē; hina ho ti an aitēsēte ton patera en tō onomati mou, dō hymin.
These things I command you: love one another.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους.
Tauta entellomai hymin, hina agapate allēlous.
If the world hates you, remember that it hated Me before it hated you.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Εἰ ὁ κόσμος ὑμᾶς μισεῖ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν μεμίσηκεν.
Ei ho kosmos hymas misei, ginōskete hoti eme prōton hymōn memisēken.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world. I chose you out of the world, and that is why the world hates you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Εἰ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἦτε, ὁ κόσμος ἂν τὸ ἴδιον ἐφίλει∙ ὅτι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ ἐστέ, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος.
Ei ek tou kosmou ēte, ho kosmos an to idion ephilei; hoti de ek tou kosmou ouk este, all’ egō exelexamēn hymas ek tou kosmou, dia touto misei hymas ho kosmos.
Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you too. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
Remember the word 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 kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Μνημονεύετε τοῦ λόγου οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν, Οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ. Εἰ ἐμὲ ἐδίωξαν, καὶ ὑμᾶς διώξουσιν∙ εἰ τὸν λόγον μου ἐτήρησαν, καὶ τὸν ὑμέτερον τηρήσουσιν.
Mnēmoneuete tou logou hou egō eipon hymin, Ouk estin doulos meizōn tou kyriou autou. Ei eme ediōxan, kai hymas diōxousin; ei ton logon mou etērēsan, kai ton hymeteron tērēsousin.
They will do all these things to you because you belong to Me, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πάντα ποιήσουσιν ὑμῖν διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδασιν τὸν πέμψαντά με.
Alla tauta panta poiēsousin hymin dia to onoma mou, hoti ouk oidasin ton pempsanta me.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of rejecting Me in this way. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
Εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον∙ νῦν δὲ πρόφασιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν.
Ei mē ēlthon kai elalēsa autois, hamartian ouk eichon; nyn de prophasin ouk echousin peri tēs hamartias autōn.
Whoever hates Me also hates My Father.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Ὁ ἐμὲ μισῶν, καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου μισεῖ.
Ho eme misōn, kai ton patera mou misei.
If I had not done among them works that no one else had ever done, they would not be guilty in the same way. But now they have seen those works and still hated both Me and My Father.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Εἰ τὰ ἔργα μὴ ἐποίησα ἐν αὐτοῖς ἃ οὐδεὶς ἄλλος πεποίηκεν, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον∙ νῦν δὲ καὶ ἑωράκασιν καὶ μεμισήκασιν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου.
Ei ta erga mē epoiēsa en autois ha oudeis allos pepoiēken, hamartian ouk eichon; nyn de kai heōrakasin kai memisēkasin kai eme kai ton patera mou.
This happened so that the words written in their Law would be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me without a reason.’
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν ὅτι Ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν.
All’ hina plērōthē ho logos ho gegrammenos en tō nomō autōn hoti Emisēsan me dōrean.
But when the Helper comes—the Spirit of Truth, whom I will send to you from the Father and who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
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 testify of me:
Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ὁ παράκλητος, ὃν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὑμῖν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται, ἐκεῖνος μαρτυρήσει περὶ ἐμοῦ∙
Hotan de elthē ho paraklētos, hon egō pempsō hymin para tou patros, to pneuma tēs alētheias, ho para tou patros ekporeuetai, ekeinos martyrēsei peri emou;
And you will testify about Me too, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.
kai hymeis de martyreite, hoti ap’ archēs met’ emou este.