| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. | 1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. |
| 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. | 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. |
| 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. | 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to 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. | 4Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain 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. | 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you 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. | 6If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and 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. | 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
| 8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. | 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. |
| 9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. | 9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain 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. | 10If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love. |
| 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. | 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. |
| 12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. | 12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. |
| 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. | 13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
| 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. | 14You are my friends if you do what I command. |
| 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. | 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to 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. | 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit--fruit that will last--and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. |
| 17These things I command you, that ye love one another. | 17This is my command: Love each other. |
| 18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. | 18"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. |
| 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. | 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates 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. | 20Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. |
| 21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. | 21They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who 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. | 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. |
| 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also. | 23Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. |
| 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. | 24If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have 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. | 25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.' |
| 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: | 26"When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will testify about me. |
| 27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. | 27And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. |
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