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“I am the true vine, and My Father is the
vinedresser.
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Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes
away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more
fruit.
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You are already clean because of the word which I
have spoken to you.
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Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you
abide in Me.
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“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do
nothing.
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If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a
branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire,
and they are burned.
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If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you
will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
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By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
fruit; so you will be My disciples.
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“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you;
abide in My love.
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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.
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“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy
may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
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This is My commandment, that you love one another as
I have loved you.
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Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down
one’s life for his friends.
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You are My friends if you do whatever I command
you.
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No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does
not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all
things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
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You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed
you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain,
that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
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These things I command you, that you love one
another. |