John 15:1
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
- KJV
- I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- WEB
- “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
- ASV
- I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- DARBY
- I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- BLB
- [“] I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
- ÅB
- Jeg er det sanne vintre, og min Far er vingårdsmannen.
- OTB
- "Jeg er det sanne vintreet, og min Far er vingårdsmannen.
- B1930
- Jeg er det sanne vintre, og min Fader er vingårdsmannen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:21
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Read in contextIsaiah 27:2–3
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:21
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Read in contextPsalms 80:8–19
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:2
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Read in contextJohn 6:55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:1–7
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
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