Yo soy la vid verdadera^a, y mi Padre es el viñador^b. 2 Todo sarmiento que en mí no da fruto, lo quita; y todo el que da fruto, lo poda¹ para que dé más fruto. 3 Vosotros ya estáis limpios por la palabra^a que os he hablado. 4 Permaneced en mí^a, y yo en vosotros. Como el sarmiento no puede dar fruto por sí mismo si no permanece en la vid, así tampoco vosotros si no permanecéis en mí. 5 Yo soy la vid, vosotros los sarmientos; el que permanece en mí y yo en él,ese da mucho fruto^a, porque separados de mí nada podéis hacer. 6 Si alguno no permanece en mí, es echado fuera como un sarmiento^a y se seca; y los recogen, los echan al fuego y se queman. 7 Si permanecéis en mí, y mis palabras permanecen en vosotros, pedid lo que queráis y os será hecho^a. 8 En esto es glorificado mi Padre^a, en que deis mucho fruto, y así probéis que sois¹ mis discípulos^b. 9 Como el Padre me ha amado^a, así también yo os he amado; permaneced en mi amor. 10 Si guardáis mis mandamientos, permaneceréis en mi amor^a, así como yo he guardado los mandamientos de mi Padre^b y permanezco en su amor. 11 Estas cosas os he hablado, para que mi gozo esté en vosotros, y vuestro gozo sea perfecto^1a. 12 Este es mi mandamiento: que os améis los unos a los otros, así como yo os he amado^a. 13 Nadie tiene un amor mayor queeste: que uno dé¹ su vida^a por sus amigos. 14 Vosotros sois mis amigos^a si hacéis lo que yo os mando^b. 15 Ya no os llamo siervos, porque el siervo no sabe lo que hace su señor; pero os he llamado amigos, porque os he dado a conocer todo lo que he oído de mi Padre^a. 16 Vosotros no me escogisteis a mí, sino que yo os escogí a vosotros^a, y os designé para que vayáis y deis fruto^b, y que vuestro fruto permanezca; para que todo lo que pidáis al Padre en mi nombre os lo conceda^c. 17 Esto os mando: que os améis los unos a los otros^a. 18 Si el mundo os odia, sabéis¹ que me ha odiado a mí^a antes que a vosotros. 19 Si fuerais del mundo, el mundo amaría lo suyo; pero como no sois del mundo, sino que yo os escogí^a de entre el mundo, por eso el mundo os odia^b. 20 Acordaos de la palabra que yo os dije: «Un siervo no es mayor que su señor^a». Si me persiguieron a mí, también os perseguirán a vosotros^b; si guardaron mi palabra^c, también guardarán la vuestra. 21 Pero todo esto os harán por causa de mi nombre^a, porque no conocen al que me envió^b. 22 Si yo no hubiera venido y no les hubiera hablado, no tendrían pecado^1a, pero ahora no tienen excusa por su pecado. 23 El que me odia a mí, odia también a mi Padre. 24 Si yo no hubiera hecho entre ellos las obras^a que ningún otro ha hecho, no tendrían pecado^1b; pero ahora las han visto, y me han odiado a mí y también a mi Padre. 25 Pero han hecho esto para que se cumpla la palabra que está escrita en su ley^a: «ME ODIARON SIN CAUSA^b». 26 Cuando venga el Consolador^1a, a quien yo enviaré del Padre^b, es decir, el Espíritu de verdad^c que procede del Padre, Él dará testimonio de mí^d, 27 y vosotros daréis testimonio¹ también^a, porque habéis estado conmigo desde el principio^b.

“^aI am the true vine, and My Father is the ^bvinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He ¹prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 ^aYou are already ¹clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 ^aAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit ¹of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he ^abears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is ^athrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ^aask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My ^aFather is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ^1bprove to be My disciples. 9 Just as ^athe Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. 10 ^aIf you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as ^bI have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 ^aThese things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your ^bjoy may be made full.

12 “This is ^aMy commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 ^aGreater love has no one than this, that one ^blay down his life for his friends. 14 You are My ^afriends if ^byou do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^aall things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 ^aYou did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and ^bbear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that ^cwhatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. 17 This ^aI command you, that you love one another.

18 “^aIf the world hates you, ¹you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but ^aI chose you out of the world, ^bbecause of this the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘^aA slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, ^bthey will also persecute you; if they ^ckept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you ^afor My name’s sake, ^bbecause they do not know the One who sent Me. 22 ^aIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have ¹sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 ^aIf I had not done among them ^bthe works which no one else did, they would not have ¹sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. 25 But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their ^aLaw, ‘^bTHEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.’

26 “When the ^1aHelper comes, ^bwhom I will send to you from the Father, that is ^cthe Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, ^dHe will testify about Me, 27 ¹and ^ayou will testify also, because you have been with Me ^bfrom the beginning.

“^aI am the true vine, and My Father is the ^bvinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He ¹prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 ^aYou are already ¹clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 ^aRemain in Me, ¹and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit ²of itself ³but must remain in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him ^1abears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is ^athrown away like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ^aask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My ^aFather is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ^1bprove to be My disciples. 9 Just as ^athe Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love. 10 ^aIf you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as ^bI have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 11 ^aThese things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your ^bjoy may be made full.

12 “This is ^aMy commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 ^aGreater love has no one than this, that a person will ^blay down his life for his friends. 14 You are My ^afriends if ^byou do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because ^aall things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 ^aYou did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and ^bbear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that ^cwhatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. 17 This ^aI command you, that you love one another.

18 “^aIf the world hates you, ¹you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but ^aI chose you out of the world, ^bbecause of this the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘^aA slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, ^bthey will persecute you as well; if they ^cfollowed My word, they will follow yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you ^aon account of My name, ^bbecause they do not know the One who sent Me. 22 ^aIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have ¹sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 ^aIf I had not done among them ^bthe works which no one else did, they would not have ¹sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. 25 But this has happened so that the word that is written in their ^aLaw will be fulfilled: ‘^bTHEY HATED ME FOR NO REASON.’

26 “When the ^1aHelper comes, ^bwhom I will send to you from the Father, namely, ^cthe Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, ^dHe will testify about Me, 27 and ^1ayou are testifying as well, because you have been with Me ^bfrom the beginning.