John 15:1–8
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2Every branch in me that does not produce fruit, he cuts off, and every branch that does produce fruit, he prunes so that it will produce even more. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in them, produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.