1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2Every 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. 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4Abide 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. 5I 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. 6If 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. 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15Henceforth 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. 16Ye 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. 17These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If 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. 20Remember 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. 21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24If 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. 25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 26But 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: 27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Isus, prava loza
1“Ja sam pravi trs, a moj je Otac vinogradar. 2On siječe svaku mladicu na meni koja ne rađa rodom. Pročišćuje mladice koje donose rod kako bi dale još više roda. 3Vi ste već očišćeni kroz riječ koju sam vam govorio. 4Ostanite u meni i ja ću ostati u vama! Jer mladica ne može donijeti rod sama od sebe, otkinuta od trsa. Tako ni vi ne možete biti plodonosni ako ste odvojeni od mene.
5Ja sam trs, a vi ste mladice. Tko ostane u meni i ja u njemu, donijet će velik rod. Jer bez mene ne možete ništa učiniti. 6Ne ostane li tko u meni, bit će izbačen kao beskorisna mladica i osušiti se. A takve se mladice bacaju u oganj da izgore. 7Ali ostanete li u meni i slušate moje zapovijedi, možete tražiti što god hoćete i dat će vam se. 8Moj će se Otac proslaviti time što ćete donijeti mnogo roda i što ćete biti moji učenici.
9Kao što je Otac volio mene, tako sam i ja volio vas. Ostanite u mojoj ljubavi. 10Vršite li moje zapovijedi, ostajete u mojoj ljubavi, kao što sam ja vršio zapovijedi svojeg Oca i ostajem u njegovoj ljubavi.
11To vam kažem da biste u sebi imali moju radost i da vaša radost bude potpuna. 12Moja je zapovijed da volite jedni druge kao što sam ja volio vas. 13A veće ljubavi nitko ne može iskazati nego da život dade za svoje prijatelje. 14Prijatelji ste mi ako činite što vam zapovijedam. 15Ne zovem vas više slugama jer sluga ne zna gospodarove nakane. Sada ste mi prijatelji jer sam vam kazao sve što mi je Otac rekao. 16Niste vi mene izabrali. Ja sam izabrao vas! Odredio sam vas da idete i da rodite trajnim rodom, tako da vam moj Otac dade sve što god zatražite u moje ime. 17Zapovijedam vam da volite jedni druge!”
Mržnja svijeta
18“Mrzi li vas svijet, znajte da je mene mrzio prije vas. 19Svijet bi vas volio kad biste pripadali njemu, ali ne pripadate mu jer sam vas ja izabrao iz svijeta. Zato vas svijet mrzi. 20Sjećate li se što sam vam rekao, da nije sluga veći od svojega gospodara? Pa ako su mene progonili, naravno da će i vas progoniti. Ako su slušali mene, slušat će i vas! 21Svijet će vas progoniti zbog mojega imena jer ne poznaju Oca koji me je poslao. 22Da nisam došao i govorio im, oni ne bi bili krivi, ali ovako nemaju isprike za svoj grijeh. 23Tko mene mrzi, mrzi i mojeg Oca. 24Da nisam među njima činio djela koja nitko drugi nije učinio, ne bi bili krivi. A oni su sve to vidjeli, a ipak su zamrzili i mene i mojeg Oca. 25Time se ispunilo napisano u njihovu Zakonu: ‘Mrzili su me bez razloga.’15:25 Psalam 35:19; Psalam 69:5.
26Ali poslat ću vam Savjetnika15:26 Ili: Utješitelja, Pomagača, Hrabritelja, Zastupnika., Duha Istine, koji dolazi od Oca i svjedočit će o meni. 27I vi ćete govoriti o meni jer ste bili sa mnom od početka.
