John 15:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. He also trims every branch that produces fruit to prepare it to produce even more.

Cross References

Matthew 3:10

The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 15:13

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

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish the people I love. So show that nothing is more important to you than living right. Change your hearts and lives.

John 15:8

Show that you are my followers by producing much fruit. This will bring honor to my Father.

Matthew 13:12

The people who have some understanding will be given more. And they will have even more than they need. But those who do not have much understanding will lose even the little understanding that they have.

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain. He will separate the good grain from the straw, and he will put the good part into his barn. Then he will burn the useless part with a fire that cannot be stopped.”

Matthew 21:19

He saw a fig tree beside the road and went to get a fig from it. But there were no figs on the tree. There were only leaves. So Jesus said to the tree, “You will never again produce fruit!” The tree immediately dried up and died.

Job 17:9

But those who do right will continue to do what is right. Those who are not guilty grow stronger and stronger.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to get God’s grace. Be careful that no one loses their faith and becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. Someone like that can ruin your whole group.

John 15:16

“You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

Luke 8:13

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

Malachi 3:3

He will make the Levites clean. 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 things the right way.

1 John 2:19

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

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

1 Corinthians 13:1

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

Romans 8:28

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

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 only one of them was lost—the one who was sure to be lost. This was to show the truth of what the Scriptures said would happen.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of those who live right is like the early morning light. It gets brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

Matthew 13:33

Then Jesus told them another story: “God’s kingdom is like yeast that a woman mixes into a big bowl of flour to make bread. The yeast makes all the dough rise.”

Hosea 6:3

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

Isaiah 29:19

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

Isaiah 27:9

How will Jacob’s guilt be forgiven? What will happen so his sins can be taken away? The rocks of the altar will be crushed to dust; the statues and altars for worshiping false gods will all be destroyed.

Psalm 92:14

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

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise people will stumble and make mistakes. But the persecution must come so that they can be made stronger and purer until the time of the end. Then, at the right time, that time of the end will come.

Matthew 7:19

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

Matthew 25:29

Everyone who uses what they have will get more. They will have much more than they need. But people who do not use what they have will have everything taken away from them.’

Mark 4:20

“And others are like the seed planted on the good ground. They hear the teaching and accept it. Then they grow and produce a good crop—sometimes 30 times more, sometimes 60 times more, and sometimes 100 times more.”

John 15:1

Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

John 15:3

You have already been prepared to produce more fruit by the teaching I have given you.

John 15:6

If you don’t stay joined to me, you will be like a branch that has been thrown out and has dried up. All the dead branches like that are gathered up, thrown into the fire and burned.

Romans 11:17

It is as if 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. If you are not a Jew, you are the same as that wild branch, and you now share the strength and life of the first tree.

Romans 11:22

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