Jesus Is Like a Vine

15 “I am the ·true vine [^Ccontrast Israel, the unreliable vine; Ps. 80:8–18; Is. 5:1–7]; my Father is the ·gardener [farmer; vinedresser]. ² He ·cuts off [or takes away] every branch ·of mine [^Lin me] that does not produce fruit [^Cwhose lives bear no indication of a relationship with Christ]. And he ·trims and cleans [prunes; ^Cthe verb implies both trimming and cleaning] every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit [Heb. 12:4–11]. ³ You are already ·clean [or pruned] because of the words I have spoken to you. ⁴ ·Remain [Abide] in me, and I will ·remain [abide] in you. A branch cannot produce fruit ·alone [by itself] but must ·remain [abide] in the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit alone but must ·remain [abide] in me.

⁵ “I am the vine, and you are the branches. If any ·remain [abide] in me and I ·remain [abide] in them, they produce much fruit. But ·without [apart from] me they can do nothing.