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John 15
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1I am the true vine: and my Father is the husbandman.
1I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
2He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
3Now you are clean, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
3You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.
4Abide in me: and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.
4Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.
5I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
5I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
6If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch and shall wither: and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire: and he burneth.
6If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
7If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you.
7If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.
8In this is my Father glorified: that you bring forth very much fruit and become my disciples.
8Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.
9As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love.
9Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.
10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love: as I also have kept my Father's commandments and do abide in his love.
10If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.
11I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
12This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.
12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
13Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
13Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
14You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
14You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
15I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.
15No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
16You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
16You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
17These things I command you, that you love one another.
17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
18If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you.
18If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.
19If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
19If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
20Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
20Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
21But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him that sent me.
21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
22If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
24If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
24If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
25But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: they hated me without cause.
25This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
26But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
26When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;