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.
6 Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up. People gather such branchesand throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be yours.
8 This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and prove to be my disciples.