John 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2 Every branch in me not bearing fruit he takes away: and every one bearing fruit, he cleanses it, that it might bear more fruit. 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. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
3 Already are ye clean, through the word which I have spoken to you. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 I am the vine, ye the branches: he remaining in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If any remain not in me, he was cast forth as the branch, and was dried up; and they gather them together, and cast into the fire, and they are burned. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
7 If ye remain in me, and my words remain in you, ye shall ask whatever ye wish, and it shall be to you. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8 In this was my Father honoured, that ye should bear much fruit: and ye shall be disciples to me. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 As the Father loved me, I also loved you: remain in my love. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
10 If ye keep my commands, ye shall remain in my love; as I have kept my Father's commands, and remain in his love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
11 These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
12 This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13 Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. You are my friends if you do what I command you. You are my friends if you do what I command.
15 I no more call you servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: and I have called you friends; for all which I heard of my Father I made known to you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
16 Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. These things I command you, so that you will love one another. This is my command: Love each other.
18 If the world hate you, know that it has hated me the first of you. “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
19 If ye were of the world, the world had loved its own: and because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
20 Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
21 But all these will they do to you for my name, for they know not him having sent me. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not sin and now they have no pretext for their sin. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He hating me hates my Father also. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.
24 If I did not the works in them which none other has done, they had not sin: and now have they also seen and hated also me and my Father. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
25 But that the word written in their law might be completed, That they hated me gratuitously. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’ But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
26 And when the Intercessor should come, which I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which comes from the Father, he shall testify of me: “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
27 And ye also testify, for ye are with me from the beginning. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
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