Study Desk

"I am the ^(a)true vine, and my Father is ^(b)the vinedresser.

^(c)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(d)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(e)that it may bear more fruit.

Already ^(f)you are clean ^(g)because of the word that I have spoken to you.

^(h)Abide ⁽ⁱ⁾in me, and I in you. 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; ^(j)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(k)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

If anyone does not abide in me ^(l)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(m)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

If ⁽ⁿ⁾you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(o)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

^(p)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

^(r)As the Father has loved me, ^(s)so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

^(t)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(u)I have kept ^(v)my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

These things I have spoken to you, ^(w)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(x)your joy may be full.

^(y)"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

^(z)Greater love has no one than this, ^(aa)that someone lay down his life for his friends.

You are ^(ab)my friends ^(ac)if you do what I command you.

^(ad)No longer do I call you servants,^[a] for the servant ^(ae)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(af)all that I have heard from my Father ^(ag)I have made known to you.

You did not choose me, but ^(ah)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(ai)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(aj)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

These things I command you, ^(ak)so that you will love one another.

^(al)"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

^(am)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(an)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Remember the word that I said to you: ^(ao)‘A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, ^(ap)they will also persecute you. ^(aq)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

But ^(ar)all these things they will do to you ^(as)on account of my name, ^(at)because they do not know him who sent me.

If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(au)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[b] but now they have no excuse for their sin.

^(av)Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

^(aw)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(ax)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(ay)seen and hated both me and my Father.

But ^(az)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(ba)‘They hated me without a cause.'

"But ^(bb)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(bc)he will bear witness about me.

And ^(bd)you also will bear witness, ^(be)because you have been with me ^(bf)from the beginning.