15“I am^s the true vine,^t and my Father is the gardener. ²He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,^u while every branch that does bear fruit^v he prunes^a so that it will be even more fruitful. ³You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.^w

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Footnotes

aThe Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.

Cross references

sSee Jn 6:35
t Ps 80:8–11; Isa 5:1–7
uver 6; See Mt 3:10
v Ps 92:14; Mt 3:8; 7:20; Gal 5:22; Eph 5:9; Php 1:11
w Jn 13:10; 17:17; Eph 5:26

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

KJV 1900King James Version

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 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. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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