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1. Jesus said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
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1. I G1473 am G1510 the G3588 true G228 vine G288 , and G2532 my G3450 Father G3962 is G2076 the G3588 husbandman G1092 .
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2. He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. He also trims every branch that produces fruit to prepare it to produce even more.
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2. Every G3956 branch G2814 in G1722 me G1698 that beareth G5342 not G3361 fruit G2590 he taketh away G142 G846 : and G2532 every G3956 branch that beareth G5342 fruit G2590 , he purgeth G2508 it G846 , that G2443 it may bring forth G5342 more G4119 fruit G2590 .
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3. You have already been prepared to produce more fruit by the teaching I have given you.
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3. Now G2235 ye G5210 are G2075 clean G2513 through G1223 the G3588 word G3056 which G3739 I have spoken G2980 unto you G5213 .
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4. Stay joined to me and I will stay joined to you. No branch can produce fruit alone. It must stay connected to the vine. It is the same with you. You cannot produce fruit alone. You must stay joined to me.
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4. Abide G3306 in G1722 me G1698 , and I G2504 in G1722 you G5213 . As G2531 the G3588 branch G2814 cannot G1410 G3756 bear G5342 fruit G2590 of G575 itself G1438 , except G3362 it abide G3306 in G1722 the G3588 vine G288 ; no G3761 more G3779 can ye G5210 , except G3362 ye abide G3306 in G1722 me G1698 .
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5. "I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I to you, you will produce plenty of fruit. But separated from me you won't be able to do anything.
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5. I G1473 am G1510 the G3588 vine G288 , ye G5210 are the G3588 branches G2814 : He that abideth G3306 in G1722 me G1698 , and I G2504 in G1722 him G846 , the same G3778 bringeth forth G5342 much G4183 fruit G2590 : for G3754 without G5565 me G1700 ye can G1410 G3756 do G4160 nothing G3762 .
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6. If you don't stay joined to me, you will be like a branch that has been thrown out and has dried up. All the dead branches like that are gathered up, thrown into the fire and burned.
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6. If a man abide not G3362 G5100 G3306 in G1722 me G1698 , he is cast G906 forth G1854 as G5613 a branch G2814 , and G2532 is withered G3583 ; and G2532 men gather G4863 them G846 , and G2532 cast G906 them into G1519 the fire G4442 , and G2532 they are burned G2545 .
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7. Stay joined together with me, and follow my teachings. If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.
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7. If G1437 ye abide G3306 in G1722 me G1698 , and G2532 my G3450 words G4487 abide G3306 in G1722 you G5213 , ye shall ask G154 what G3739 G1437 ye will G2309 , and G2532 it shall be done G1096 unto you G5213 .
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8. I want you to produce much fruit and show that you are my followers. This will bring glory to my Father.
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8. Herein G1722 G5129 is my G3450 Father G3962 glorified G1392 , that G2443 ye bear G5342 much G4183 fruit G2590 ; so G2532 shall ye be G1096 my G1698 disciples G3101 .
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9. "I have loved you as the Father has loved me. Now continue in my love.
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9. As G2531 the G3588 Father hath G3962 loved G25 me G3165 , so have I loved G2504 G25 you G5209 : continue G3306 ye in G1722 my G1699 love G26 .
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10. I have obeyed my Father's commands, and he continues to love me. In the same way, if you obey my commands, I will continue to love you.
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10. If G1437 ye keep G5083 my G3450 commandments G1785 , ye shall abide G3306 in G1722 my G3450 love G26 ; even as G2531 I G1473 have kept G5083 my G3450 Father G3962 's commandments G1785 , and G2532 abide G3306 in G1722 his G846 love G26 .
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11. I have told you these things so that you can have the true happiness that I have. I want you to be completely happy.
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11. These things G5023 have I spoken G2980 unto you G5213 , that G2443 my G1699 joy G5479 might remain G3306 in G1722 you G5213 , and G2532 that your G5216 joy G5479 might be full G4137 .
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12. This is what I command you: Love each other as I have loved you.
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12. This G3778 is G2076 my G1699 commandment G1785 , That G2443 ye love G25 one another G240 , as G2531 I have loved G25 you G5209 .
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13. The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends.
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13. Greater G3187 love G26 hath G2192 no man G3762 than this G5026 , that G2443 a man G5100 lay down G5087 his G848 life G5590 for G5228 his G848 friends G5384 .
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14. You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do.
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14. Ye G5210 are G2075 my G3450 friends G5384 , if G1437 ye do G4160 whatsoever G3745 I G1473 command G1781 you G5213 .
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15. I no longer call you servants, because servants don't know what their master is doing. But now I call you friends, because I have told you everything that my Father told me.
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15. Henceforth I call you not G3765 G3004 G5209 servants G1401 ; for G3754 the G3588 servant G1401 knoweth G1492 not G3756 what G5101 his G846 lord G2962 doeth G4160 : but G1161 I have called G2046 you G5209 friends G5384 ; for G3754 all things G3956 that G3739 I have heard G191 of G3844 my G3450 Father G3962 I have made known G1107 unto you G5213 .
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16. "You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit�fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.
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16. Ye G5210 have not G3756 chosen G1586 me G3165 , but G235 I G1473 have chosen G1586 you G5209 , and G2532 ordained G5087 you G5209 , that G2443 ye G5210 should go G5217 and G2532 bring forth G5342 fruit G2590 , and G2532 that your G5216 fruit G2590 should remain G3306 : that G2443 whatsoever G3748 G302 ye shall ask G154 of the G3588 Father G3962 in G1722 my G3450 name G3686 , he may give G1325 it you G5213 .
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17. This is my command: Love each other.
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17. These things G5023 I command G1781 you G5213 , that G2443 ye love G25 one another G240 .
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18. "If the world hates you, remember that they hated me first.
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18. If G1487 the G3588 world G2889 hate G3404 you G5209 , ye know G1097 that G3754 it hated G3404 me G1691 before G4412 it hated you G5216 .
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19. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don't belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.
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19. If G1487 ye were G2258 of G1537 the G3588 world G2889 , the G3588 world G2889 would love G5368 G302 his own G2398 : but G1161 because G3754 ye are G2075 not G3756 of G1537 the G3588 world G2889 , but G235 I G1473 have chosen G1586 you G5209 out of G1537 the G3588 world G2889 , therefore G1223 G5124 the G3588 world G2889 hateth G3404 you G5209 .
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20. "Remember the lesson I told you: Servants are not greater than their master. If people treated me badly, they will treat you badly too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.
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20. Remember G3421 the G3588 word G3056 that G3739 I G1473 said G2036 unto you G5213 , The servant G1401 is G2076 not G3756 greater G3187 than his G848 lord G2962 . If G1487 they have persecuted G1377 me G1691 , they will also G2532 persecute G1377 you G5209 ; if G1487 they have kept G5083 my G3450 saying G3056 , they will keep G5083 yours G5212 also G2532 .
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21. They will do to you whatever they did to me, because you belong to me. They don't know the one who sent me.
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21. But G235 all G3956 these things G5023 will they do G4160 unto you G5213 for my name's sake G1223 G3450 G3686 , because G3754 they know G1492 not G3756 him that sent G3992 me G3165 .
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22. If I had not come and spoken to the people of the world, they would not be guilty of sin. But now I have spoken to them. So they have no excuse for their sin.
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22. If G1487 I had not G3361 come G2064 and G2532 spoken G2980 unto them G846 , they had not G3756 had G2192 sin G266 : but G1161 now G3568 they have G2192 no G3756 cloak G4392 for G4012 their G848 sin G266 .
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23. "Whoever hates me also hates my Father.
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23. He that hateth G3404 me G1691 hateth G3404 my G3450 Father G3962 also G2532 .
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24. I did things among the people of the world that no one else has ever done. If I had not done those things, they would not be guilty of sin. But they have seen what I did, and still they hate me and my Father.
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24. If G1487 I had not G3361 done G4160 among G1722 them G846 the G3588 works G2041 which G3739 none G3762 other man G243 did G4160 , they had not G3756 had G2192 sin G266 : but G1161 now G3568 have they both G2532 seen G3708 and G2532 hated G3404 both G2532 me G1691 and G2532 my G3450 Father G3962 .
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25. But this happened to make clear the full meaning of what is written in their law: 'They hated me for no reason.'
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25. But G235 this cometh to pass, that G2443 the G3588 word G3056 might be fulfilled G4137 that is written G1125 in G1722 their G846 law G3551 , They hated G3404 me G3165 without a cause G1432 .
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26. "I will send you the Helper from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me.
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26. But G1161 when G3752 the G3588 Comforter G3875 is come G2064 , whom G3739 I G1473 will send G3992 unto you G5213 from G3844 the G3588 Father G3962 , even the G3588 Spirit G4151 of truth G225 , which G3739 proceedeth G1607 from G3844 the G3588 Father G3962 , he G1565 shall testify G3140 of G4012 me G1700 :
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27. And you will tell people about me too, because you have been with me from the beginning.
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27. And G1161 ye G5210 also G2532 shall bear witness G3140 , because G3754 ye have been G2075 with G3326 me G1700 from G575 the beginning G746 .
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