15:1 “I am the true vine¹ and my Father is the gardener.² 15:2 He takes away³ every branch that does not bear⁴ fruit in me. He⁵ prunes⁶ every branch that bears⁷ fruit so that it will bear more fruit. 15:3 You are clean already⁸ because of the word that I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain⁹ in me, and I will remain in you.¹⁰ Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,¹¹ unless it remains¹² in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain¹³ in me.

15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains¹⁴ in me—and I in him—bears¹⁵ much fruit,¹⁶ because apart from me you can accomplish¹⁷ nothing. 15:6 If anyone does not remain¹⁸ in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up, and they gather them up and throw them into the fire,¹⁹ and they are burned. 15:7 If you remain²⁰ in me and my words remain²¹ in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.²² 15:8 My Father is honored²³ by this, that²⁴ you bear²⁵ much fruit and show that you are²⁶ my disciples.

15:9 “Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain²⁷ in my love. 15:10 If you obey²⁸ my commandments, you will remain²⁹ in my love, just as I have obeyed³⁰ my Father’s commandments and remain³¹ in his love. 15:11 I have told you these things³² so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. 15:12 My commandment is this—to love one another just as I have loved you.³³ 15:13 No one has greater love than this—that one lays down his life³⁴ for his friends. 15:14 You are my friends³⁵ if you do what I command you. 15:15 I no longer call you slaves,³⁶ because the slave³⁷ does not understand³⁸ what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything³⁹ I heard⁴⁰ from my Father. 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you⁴¹ and appointed you to go and bear⁴² fruit, fruit that remains,⁴³ so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 15:17 This⁴⁴ I command you—to love one another.

15:18 “If the world hates you, be aware⁴⁵ that it hated me first.⁴⁶ 15:19 If you belonged to the world,⁴⁷ the world would love you as its own.⁴⁸ However, because you do not belong to the world,⁴⁹ but I chose you out of the world, for this reason⁵⁰ the world hates you.⁵¹ 15:20 Remember what⁵² I told you, ‘A slave⁵³ is not greater than his master.’⁵⁴ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed⁵⁵ my word, they will obey⁵⁶ yours too. 15:21 But they will do all these things to you on account of⁵⁷ my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.⁵⁸ 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.⁵⁹ But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. 15:23 The one who hates me hates my Father too. 15:24 If I had not performed⁶⁰ among them the miraculous deeds⁶¹ that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin.⁶² But now they have seen the deeds⁶³ and have hated both me and my Father.⁶⁴ 15:25 Now this happened⁶⁵ to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’⁶⁶ 15:26 When the Advocate⁶⁷ comes, whom I will send you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he⁶⁸ will testify about me; 15:27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.