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John 15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Chapter 15

The Vine and the Branches. 1 [a]“I am the true vine,[b] and my Father is the vine grower.(A) 2 He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes[c] so that it bears more fruit. 3 You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.(B) 4 Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. 6 [d](C)Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.(D) 8 By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.(E) 9 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.(F) 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.(G)

11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.(H) 12 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.(I) 13 [e]No one has greater love than this,(J) to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends,[f] because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.(K) 16 It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.(L) 17 This I command you: love one another.(M)

The World’s Hatred.[g] 18 “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.(N) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.(O) 20 Remember the word I spoke to you,[h] ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.(P) 21 And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,[i] because they do not know the one who sent me.(Q) 22 If I had not come and spoken[j] to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.(R) 23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father.(S) 24 If I had not done works among them that no one else ever did, they would not have sin; but as it is, they have seen and hated both me and my Father.(T) 25 But in order that the word written in their law[k] might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’(U)

26 “When the Advocate comes whom I will send[l] you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.(V) 27 And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.(W)

Footnotes

  1. 15:1–16:4 Discourse on the union of Jesus with his disciples. His words become a monologue and go beyond the immediate crisis of the departure of Jesus.
  2. 15:1–17 Like Jn 10:1–5, this passage resembles a parable. Israel is spoken of as a vineyard at Is 5:1–7; Mt 21:33–46 and as a vine at Ps 80:9–17; Jer 2:21; Ez 15:2; 17:5–10; 19:10; Hos 10:1. The identification of the vine as the Son of Man in Ps 80:15 and Wisdom’s description of herself as a vine in Sir 24:17 are further background for portrayal of Jesus by this figure. There may be secondary eucharistic symbolism here; cf. Mk 14:25, “the fruit of the vine.”
  3. 15:2 Takes away…prunes: in Greek there is a play on two related verbs.
  4. 15:6 Branches were cut off and dried on the wall of the vineyard for later use as fuel.
  5. 15:13 For one’s friends: or: “those whom one loves.” In Jn 15:9–13a, the words for love are related to the Greek agapaō. In Jn 15:13b–15, the words for love are related to the Greek phileō. For John, the two roots seem synonymous and mean “to love”; cf. also Jn 21:15–17. The word philos is used here.
  6. 15:15 Slaves…friends: in the Old Testament, Moses (Dt 34:5), Joshua (Jos 24:29), and David (Ps 89:21) were called “servants” or “slaves of Yahweh”; only Abraham (Is 41:8; 2 Chr 20:7; cf. Jas 2:23) was called a “friend of God.”
  7. 15:18–16:4 The hostile reaction of the world. There are synoptic parallels, predicting persecution, especially at Mt 10:17–25; 24:9–10.
  8. 15:20 The word I spoke to you: a reference to Jn 13:16.
  9. 15:21 On account of my name: the idea of persecution for Jesus’ name is frequent in the New Testament (Mt 10:22; 24:9; Acts 9:14). For John, association with Jesus’ name implies union with Jesus.
  10. 15:22, 24 Jesus’ words (spoken) and deeds (works) are the great motives of credibility. They have seen and hated: probably means that they have seen his works and still have hated; but the Greek can be read: “have seen both me and my Father and still have hated both me and my Father.” Works…that no one else ever did: so Yahweh in Dt 4:32–33.
  11. 15:25 In their law: law is here used as a larger concept than the Pentateuch, for the reference is to Ps 35:19 or Ps 69:5. See notes on Jn 10:34; 12:34. Their law reflects the argument of the church with the synagogue.
  12. 15:26 Whom I will send: in Jn 14:16, 26, the Paraclete is to be sent by the Father, at the request of Jesus. Here the Spirit comes from both Jesus and the Father in mission; there is no reference here to the eternal procession of the Spirit.
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Juan 15
Ang Salita ng Diyos

Ang Puno ng Ubas at ang mga Sanga

15 Ako ang tunay na puno ng ubas. Ang aking Ama ang tagapag-alaga.

2 Ang bawat sanga na nasa akin na hindi namumunga ay inaalis niya. At ang bawat sangang namumunga ay nililinis niya upang lalo pang magbunga ng marami. 3 Kayo ay malinis na sa pamamagitan ng salita na sinalita ko sa inyo. 4 Manatili kayo sa akin at ako ay mananatili sa inyo. Ang sanga ay hindi makakapamunga sa kaniyang sarili malibang ito ay manatili sa puno ng ubas. Maging kayo man ay hindi makakapamunga malibang manatili kayo sa akin.

5 Ako ang puno ng ubas, kayo ang mga sanga. Ang nananatili sa akin at ako sa kaniya ay magbubunga nang sagana sapagkat kung hiwalay kayo sa akin hindi kayo makakagawa ng anuman. 6 Malibang ang sinuman ay manatili sa akin, siya ay itatapon tulad ng sanga at ito ay natutuyo. Kanila itong tinitipon at itinatapon sa apoy, at ito ay sinusunog. 7 Kung kayo ay mananatili sa akin at ang aking mga salita ay manatili sa inyo, hingin ninyo ang anumang inyong ibigin at ito ay mangyayari sa inyo. 8 Sa ganito naluluwalhati ang aking Ama na kayo ay magbunga ng sagana at kayo aymagiging mga alagad ko.

9 Kung papaanong inibig ako ng Ama ay gayon ko rin kayo inibig. Manatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig. 10 Kung tutuparin ninyo ang aking mga utos, mananatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig. Tulad ko, tinupad ko ang mga utos ng aking Ama at nanatili sa kaniyang pag-ibig. 11 Ang mga bagay na ito ay sinabi ko sa inyo upang ang aking kagalakan ay manatili sa inyo. Gayundin naman, ang inyong kagalakan ay malubos. 12 Ito ang aking utos: Kayo ay mag-ibigan sa isa’t isa gaya ng pag-ibig ko sa inyo. 13 Wala nang hihigit pang pag-ibig kaysa rito, na ang isang tao ay mag-alay ng kaniyang buhay para sa kaniyang mga kaibigan. 14 Kayo ay aking mga kaibigan kapag ginawa ninyo ang anumang inuutos ko sa inyo. 15 Hindi ko na kayo tinatawag na mga alipin sapagkat hindi alam ng alipin ang ginagawa ng kaniyang panginoon. Sa halip ay tinawag ko kayong mga kaibigan sapagkat ang lahat ng narinig ko sa aking Ama ay ipinaaalam ko sa inyo. 16 Hindi ninyo ako hinirang ngunit ako ang humirang sa inyo at nagtalaga sa inyo. Ang dahilan ay upang kayo ay humayo at mamunga at ang inyong bunga aymanatili. At anumang ang inyong hingin sa aking Ama sa pangalan ko ay ibibigay niya sa inyo. 17 Ang mga bagay na ito ay iniuutos ko sa inyo upang kayo ay mag-ibigan sa isa’t isa.

Kinapopootan ng Sanlibutan ang mga Alagad

18 Yamang ang sangkatauhan ay napopoot sa inyo, alam ninyo na ako muna ang kinapootan nito bago kayo.

19 Ngunit kung kayo ay sa sanlibutan, iibigin ng sangkatauhan ang sariling kaniya. Subalit hindi kayo sa sanlibutan.Hinirang ko kayo mula sa sanlibutan. Dahil nga dito, kinapopootan kayo ng sankatauhan. 20 Alalahanin ninyo ang mga salitang sinabi ko sa inyo. Ang alipin ay hindi nakakahigit sa kaniyang panginoon. Yamang ako ay kanilanginusig, kayo rin naman ay uusigin nila. Kung tinupad nila ang aking salita ay tutuparin din naman nila ang sa inyo. 21 Subalit ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito ay gagawin nila sa inyo dahil sa pangalan ko sapagkat hindi nilakilala ang nagsugo sa akin. 22 Kung hindi ako narito at nagsalita sa kanila, hindi sana sila nagkasala. Ngunit ngayon ay wala na silang maikakatwiran sa kanilang kasalanan. 23 Ang napo­poot sa akin ay napopoot din naman sa aking Ama. 24 Kung hindi ko ginawa sa harap nila ang mga gawaing hindi magagawa ng sinuman, hindi sana sila nagkasala. Ngayon ay kapwa nila nakita at kinapootan ako at ang akin ding Ama. 25 Ito ay upang matupad ang salita na nasusulat sa kanilang kautusan: Kinapootan nila ako ng walang dahilan.

26 Pagdating ng Tagapayo na aking susuguin sa inyo mula sa Ama, siya ay magpapatotoo patungkol sa akin. Siya ang Espiritu ng katotohanan namagmumula sa Ama. 27 Kayo rin naman ay magpapatotoo sapagkat kayo ay nakasama ko na mula pa sa pasimula.

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