John 15:2

Easy To Read Version

He cuts off every branch {\cf2\super [217]} of mine that does not make fruit. {\cf2\super [218]} And he trims and cleans every branch that makes fruit, so that it will make even more fruit.

Cross References

Job 17:9

But good people continue to live right.\par Innocent people will become stronger.\par

Psalm 92:14

Even when they are old,\par they will continue producing fruit\par like young, healthy trees.\par

Proverbs 4:18

Good people are like the early morning light. The sun rises and the day becomes brighter and happier.

Isaiah 27:9

How will Jacob’s guilt be forgiven? What will happen so his sins can be taken away? \{These things will happen\}: The rocks of the altar will be crushed to dust; the statues {\cf2\super [251]} and altars {\cf2\super [252]} for worshiping false gods will all be destroyed.

Isaiah 29:19

The Lord will make the poor people happy. The poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise people will stumble \{and make mistakes\}. But the persecution must come. Why? So that they can be made stronger, purer, and without faults until the time of the end. Then, at the right time, that time of the end will come.’”

Hosea 6:3

Let’s learn about the Lord.\par Let’s try very hard to know the Lord.\par We know he is coming,\par like we know the dawn is coming.\par The Lord will come to us like the rain,\par like the spring rain that waters the ground.”\par

Malachi 3:3

He will make the Levites {\cf2\super [17]} clean. {\cf2\super [18]} He will make them pure, like silver is made pure—with fire! He will make them pure like gold and silver. Then they will bring gifts to the Lord—and they will do those things the right way.

Matthew 13:12

The person that has \{some understanding\} will be given more. And he will have even more than he needs. But the person that does not have \{much understanding\} will lose even the little \{understanding\} that he has.

Matthew 13:33

Then Jesus told the people another story: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman mixes into a big bowl of flour to make bread. The yeast makes all the dough (bread) rise.”

Matthew 15:13

Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself will be pulled up by the roots.

Matthew 21:19

Jesus saw a fig tree beside the road. Jesus went to the fig tree \{to get a fig to eat\}. But there were no figs on the tree. There were only leaves. So Jesus said to the tree, “You will never again have fruit!” And then the tree dried up and died.

Matthew 25:29

Every person that uses what he has will get more. That person will have much more than he needs. But the person that does not use what he has will have everything taken away from him.’

Matthew 3:10

The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. {\cf2\super [40]} Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain. {\cf2\super [43]} He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped.”

Matthew 7:19

Every tree that does not make good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Mark 4:20

Other people are like the seed planted on the good ground. They hear the teaching and accept it. Then they grow and make fruit—sometimes 30 times more, sometimes 60 times more, and sometimes 100 times more.”

Luke 8:13

What is the seed that fell on rock? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching and accept it gladly. But these people don’t have deep roots. They believe for a while. But when trouble comes, they turn away from God.

John 15:1

\{Jesus said,\} “I am the true vine; my Father is the gardener.

John 15:16

You did not choose me; I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and make fruit. I want this fruit to continue \{in your life\}. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the teaching I have told you.

John 15:6

If a person does not continue in me, then he is like a branch that is thrown away. That branch dies. People pick up dead branches, throw them into the fire, and burn them.

John 15:8

You should make much fruit and show that you are my followers. This brings glory to my Father.

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe. I kept them safe by the power of your name—the name you gave me. I protected them. And only one of them was lost—the man (Judas) that chose to be lost. He was lost so that what was said in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [225]} would happen.

Romans 11:17

\{It is like\} some of the branches from an olive tree have been broken off, and the branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to that first tree. You non-Jews are the same as that wild branch, and you now share the strength and life of the first tree (the Jews).

Romans 11:22

So you see that God is kind, but he can also be very strict. God punishes those people that stop following him. But God is kind to you, if you continue following in his kindness. If you don’t continue following him, you will be cut off \{from the tree\}.

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for the good of those people that love him. These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan.

1 Corinthians 13:1

I may speak in different languages of men or even angels. But if I don’t have love, then I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no person fails to get God’s grace (kindness). Be careful that no person becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. A person like that can ruin your whole group.

1 John 2:19

Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish those people that I love. So start trying hard! Change your hearts and lives!