1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower.2 He removes every branch in me that does not produce fruit, and he cleanses every branch that does produce fruit so that it might produce more fruit.3 You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.4 "Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.5 I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in himproduces much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.