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I am the true vine...
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. Abide
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except
it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I
am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If
a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If
ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you. Herein
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my
disciples. ¶
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my
love. If
ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept
my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These
things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that
your joy might be full. This
is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 15:1-12
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