John 15:1-5

Goodspeed(i) 1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator. 2 Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more. 3 You are pruned already because of the teaching that I have given you. 4 You must remain united to me and I will remain united to you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains united to the vine, you cannot unless you remain united to me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Anyone who remains united to me, with me united to him, will be very fruitful, for you cannot do anything apart from me.