I Am the True Vine

15 ⁿ“I am the true ^ovine, ^pand my Father is the vinedresser. 2 ^qEvery branch in me ^rthat does not ^sbear fruit ^the takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ^uyou are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 ^vAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, ^wunless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and ^xthe branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words ^yabide in you, ^zask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 ^aBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so ^bprove to be my disciples. 9 ^cAs ^dthe Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 ^eIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s ^fcommandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and ^gthat your joy may be full.

12 ^h“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 ⁱGreater love has no one than this, that someone ^jlay down his life for his friends. 14 ^kYou are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants,¹ for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^lall that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but ^mI chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

18 “If the world ⁿhates you, know that it has ^ohated me before it hated you. 19 If you were ^pof the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are ^qnot of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ^r‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they ^spersecuted me, ^tthey will also persecute you. If they ^ukept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But ^vall these things they will do to you ^won account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 ^xIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin,² but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 ^yWhoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But the word that is written in their Law must be ^zfulfilled: ^a‘They hated me without a cause.’

26 “But when the ^bHelper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the ^cSpirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will ^dbear witness about me. 27 And you also will ^ebear witness, ^fbecause you have been with me from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will ^gput you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you ^hwill think he is offering service to God. 3 And ⁱthey will do these things because they have not ^jknown the Father, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may ^kremember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now ^lI am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ^m‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, ⁿsorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^oif I do not go away, the ^pHelper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I ^qgo to the Father, and ^ryou will see me no longer; 11 concerning ^sjudgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the ^tSpirit of truth comes, ^uhe will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 ^vAll that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 ^w“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So ^xsome of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.” 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^yyour sorrow will turn into joy. 21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts ^zwill rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^awhatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. ^bAsk, and you will receive, ^cthat your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

25 “I have said these things to you in ^dfigures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father himself loves you, ^ebecause you have loved me and have believed that I came ^ffrom God.¹ 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am ^gleaving the world and going to the Father.”

29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that ^hyou know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.” 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when ⁱyou will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am ^jnot alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have ^kpeace. ^lIn the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have ^movercome the world.”

The High Priestly Prayer

17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, ⁿthe hour has come; ^oglorify your Son ^pthat the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over ^qall flesh, to give eternal life to ^rall whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they ^sknow you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having ^taccomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you ^ubefore the world existed.

6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them ^vthe words that you gave me, and they have ^wreceived them and have come to know in truth that I came ^xfrom you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and ^yyours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and ^zI am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, ^athat they may be one, even as ^bwe are one. 12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and ^cnot one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be ^dfulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, ^ethat they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has ^fhated them because they are ^gnot of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you ^htake them out of the world, but that you ⁱkeep them from the evil one.¹ 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 ^jSanctify them² in the truth; your word is truth. 18 ^kAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself,³ that they also may be sanctified⁴ in truth.

20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will ^lbelieve in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as ^myou, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one ⁿeven as we are one, 23 ^oI in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and ^ploved them even as you ^qloved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me ^rwhere I am, to see my ^sglory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, ^tI know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 ^uI made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, ^vthat the love with which you have loved me may be ^win them, and I in them.”

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

18 ^xWhen Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, ^yknowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, ^z“Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, ^a“I am he.”¹ Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus² said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” 9 ^bThis was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: ^c“Of those whom you gave me ^dI have lost not one.” 10 Then Simon Peter, having a ^esword, drew it and struck the high priest’s ^fservant³ and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the ^gcup that the Father has given me?”

Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas

12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews⁴ arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest ^hthat year. 14 ⁱIt was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

Peter Denies Jesus

15 ^jSimon Peter followed Jesus, and so did ^kanother disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16 but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. 17 The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” 18 Now the servants⁵ and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken ^lopenly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and ^min the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.” 22 When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by ⁿstruck Jesus with his hand, saying, ^o“Is that how you answer the high priest?” 23 Jesus answered him, ^p“If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?” 24 Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter Denies Jesus Again

25 ^qNow Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” 27 Peter again denied it, and at once a ^rrooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

28 ^sThen they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters.⁶ It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, ^tbut could eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” 31 Pilate said to them, ^u“Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” 32 This was to fulfill ^vthe word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the ^wKing of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, ^x“My kingdom is ^ynot of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. ^zEveryone who is ^aof the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find ^bno guilt in him. 39 ^cBut you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 40 They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.⁷

Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified

19 Then Pilate took Jesus and ^dflogged him. 2 ^eAnd the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find ^fno guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, ^g“Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.” 7 The Jews¹ answered him, “We have a law, and ^haccording to that law ⁱhe ought to die because he has ^jmade himself the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. 9 He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus ^kgave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, ^l“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^mhe who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”

12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. ⁿEveryone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic² Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the day of ^oPreparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.³ He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.