John 15:1–16:33

I am athe true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 bEvery 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. 3 Now cye are clean through dthe word which I have spoken unto you. 4 eAbide 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. 5 I am the vine, fye are the branches: eHe that abideth in me, and I in him, the same gbringeth forth much fruit: for ||without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and his withered; and imen gather them, and ijcast them into the fire, and ithey are burned. 7 kIf ye abide in me, and dmy words abide in you, lye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 mHerein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; kso shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in nmy love. 10 oIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept pmy Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that qmy joy might remain in you, and rthat your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, sThat ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 tGreater love hath no man than this, uthat a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are xmy friends, yif ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 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 zI have heard of my Father aI have made known unto you. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but bI have chosen you, and cordained you, that ye should go and dbring forth fruit, and that eyour fruit should remain: that fwhatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, gthat ye love one another. 18 If hthe world hate you, ye know that it hated me ibefore it hated you. 19 kIf ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but lbecause ye are not of the world, but bI have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, mThe servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, nthey will also persecute you; oif they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But pall these things will they do unto you qfor my name’s sake, rbecause they know not him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, sthey had not had sin: tbut now they have no ||ucloke for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them xthe works which none other man did, sthey had not had sin: but now have they both yseen and zhated both me and my Father. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in atheir law, bThey hated me without a cause. 26 But when cthe Comforter is come, dwhom I will send unto you from the Father, even ethe Spirit of truth, dwhich proceedeth from the Father, fhe shall testify of me: 27 And gye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me hfrom the beginning.

16 aThese things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not bbe offended. 2 They shall cput you out of the synagogues: yea, dthe time cometh, ethat whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God fservice. 3 And these things will they do unto you, gbecause they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But hthese things have I told you, that when dthe time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And ithese things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now kI go my way to him that sent me; and lnone of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 6 But because I have said these things unto you, msorrow hath filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, nthe Comforter owill not come unto you; but pif I depart, qI will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will ||rreprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 sOf sin, tbecause they believe not on me; 10 uOf righteousness, wbecause I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 xOf judgment, because ythe prince of this world zis judged.

12 aI have yet many things to say unto you, bbut ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, cthe Spirit of truth, is come, dhe will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and ehe will fshew you things to come. 14 He shall gglorify me: for hhe shall receive of mine, and shall fshew it unto you. 15 iAll things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that hhe shall take of mine, and shall fshew it unto you. 16 kA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and lye shall see me, mbecause I go to the Father.

17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, nA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus oknew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, nA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall pweep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but qyour sorrow shall be turned into joy. 21 A rwoman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 22 And ye now therefore have ssorrow: but I will see you again, and tyour heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 23 And uin that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, wWhatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, xthat your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in ||proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in ||proverbs, but I shall shew you yplainly of the Father. 26 zAt that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For athe Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have bbelieved bcthat I came out from God. 28 cdI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and ego to the Father.

29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, fnow speakest thou plainly, and speakest no ||proverb. 30 Now are we sure that gthou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this hwe believe that hithou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, kDo ye now believe? 32 Behold, lthe hour cometh, yea, is now come, that mye shall be scattered, nevery man to ||ohis own, and shall leave me alone: and pyet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that qin me ye might have peace. In the world rye shall have tribulation: but sbe of good cheer; tI have overcome the world.