John 15:1-8

New International Version

The Vine and the Branches

15 “I am^(A) the true vine,^(B) and my Father is the gardener. ²He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,^(C) while every branch that does bear fruit^(D) he prunes^[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. ³You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.^(E) ⁴Remain in me, as I also remain in you.^(F) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;^(G) apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.^(H) ⁷If you remain in me^(I) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.^(J) ⁸This is to my Father’s glory,^(K) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.^(L)

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Footnotes

John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.

Job 27

New International Version

Job’s Final Word to His Friends

27 And Job continued his discourse:^(A)

²“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,^(B)
    the Almighty,^(C) who has made my life bitter,^(D)
³as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God^(E) in my nostrils,
⁴my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.^(F)
⁵I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.^(G)
⁶I will maintain my innocence^(H) and never let go of it;
    my conscience^(I) will not reproach me as long as I live.^(J)

⁷“May my enemy be like the wicked,^(K)
    my adversary^(L) like the unjust!
⁸For what hope have the godless^(M) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?^(N)
⁹Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?^(O)
¹⁰Will they find delight in the Almighty?^(P)
    Will they call on God at all times?

¹¹“I will teach you about the power of God;
the ways^(Q) of the Almighty I will not conceal.^(R)
¹²You have all seen this yourselves.
Why then this meaningless talk?

¹³“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:^(S)
¹⁴However many his children,^(T) their fate is the sword;^(U)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.^(V)
¹⁵The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.^(W)
¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust^(X)
    and clothes like piles of clay,^(Y)
¹⁷what he lays up^(Z) the righteous will wear,^(AA)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.^(AB)
¹⁸The house^(AC) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,^(AD)
    like a hut^(AE) made by a watchman.
¹⁹He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;^(AF)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.^(AG)
²⁰Terrors^(AH) overtake him like a flood;^(AI)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.^(AJ)
²¹The east wind^(AK) carries him off, and he is gone;^(AL)
    it sweeps him out of his place.^(AM)
²²It hurls itself against him without mercy^(AN)
    as he flees headlong^(AO) from its power.^(AP)
²³It claps its hands^(AQ) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”^(AR)