The vine and the branches

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John 15:1–5

¹“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. ²Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. ⁵I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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Observation

Jesus calls himself the true vine and his disciples the branches. The fruit is connected with abiding in him. His words continue with love.

Follow where you feel led

The Vine and BranchesAbide in my loveJohn 15:9–12 — Abide in my love

The SeedThe grain that fallsJohn 12:24 — The grain that falls

The TempleYou are God’s temple1 Corinthians 3:16 — You are God’s temple

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