John 15

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.	1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
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.	2 He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.	3 You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.	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, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.	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 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.	6 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 ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.	7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.	8 By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.	9 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.	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.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.	11 "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.	12 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.	13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.	14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.	15 I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.	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.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.	17 This I command you: love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.	18 "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.	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.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.	20 Remember the word I spoke to you, '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.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.	21 And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.	22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.	23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.	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.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.	25 But in order that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, 'They hated me without cause.'
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:	26 "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.	27 And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.