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1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman: 2 every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every one that beareth fruit, He purgeth, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide therefore in me, and I will abide in you: for as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, beareth much fruit: but without me ye can do nothing. 6 If any one abide not in me, he is cast out as a useless branch and withereth: and they gather them up, and throw them into the fire, and they are burnt. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be granted you. 8 Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, and I have loved you, continue in my love: 10 and if ye keep my commandments ye will continue in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy in you may continue, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends: John 15:1-13, Worsley New Testament. Public domain.
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