John 15:2

Good News Translation

He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

Cross References

Job 17:9

Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.

Psalm 92:14

that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.

Proverbs 4:18

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

Isaiah 27:9

But Israel's sins will be forgiven only when the stones of pagan altars are ground up like chalk, and no more incense altars or symbols of the goddess Asherah are left.

Isaiah 29:19

Poor and humble people will once again find the happiness which the Lord, the holy God of Israel, gives.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those wise leaders will be killed, but as a result of this the people will be purified. This will continue until the end comes, the time that God has set.

Hosea 6:3

Let us try to know the Lord. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth.”

Malachi 3:3

He will come to judge like one who refines and purifies silver. As a metalworker refines silver and gold, so the Lord's messenger will purify the priests, so that they will bring to the Lord the right kind of offerings.

Matthew 13:12

For the person who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing will have taken away from him even the little he has.

Matthew 13:33

Jesus told them still another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises.”

Matthew 15:13

“Every plant which my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up,” answered Jesus.

Matthew 21:19

He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, “You will never again bear fruit!” At once the fig tree dried up.

Matthew 25:29

For to every person who has something, even more will be given, and he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing, even the little that he has will be taken away from him.

Matthew 3:10

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.

Matthew 3:12

He has his winnowing shovel with him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out.”

Matthew 7:19

And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire.

Mark 4:20

But other people are like seeds sown in good soil. They hear the message, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”

Luke 8:13

The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away.

John 15:1

“I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.

John 15:16

You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

John 15:3

You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.

John 15:6

Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.

John 15:8

My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.

Romans 11:17

Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews.

Romans 11:22

Here we see how kind and how severe God is. He is severe toward those who have fallen, but kind to you—if you continue in his kindness. But if you do not, you too will be broken off.

Romans 8:28

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 13:1

I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

Hebrews 12:15

Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.

1 John 2:19

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

Revelation 3:19

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.