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"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
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Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
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Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
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I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
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If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
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By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
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"As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
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If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
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These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
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Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.
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You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
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No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.