I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE VINEGROWER. HE REMOVES EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARS NO FRUIT. EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS FRUITS HE PRUNES TO MAKE IT BEAR MORE FRUIT. YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEANSED BY THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU. ABIDE IN ME AS I ABIDE IN YOU.  JUST AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT BY ITSELF UNLESS IT ABIDES IN THE VINE, NEITHER CAN YOU UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME.  I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. THOSE WHO ABIDE IN ME AND IN THEM BEAR MUCH FRUIT, BECAUSE APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.

IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ASK FOR WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE DONE FOR YOU.  MY FATHER IS GLORIFIED BY THIS, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT AND BECOME MY DISCIPLES. AS THE FATHER LOVED ME, SO I HAVE LOVED YOU; ABIDE IN MY 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. I HAVE SAID THESE THINGS TO YOU SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE.

John 5-15