John 15:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

he cuts away any branch on me which is not bearing fruit, and cleans every branch which does bear fruit, to make it bear richer fruit.

Cross References

Matthew 3:10

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 15:13

He replied, "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love; so be in warm earnest and repent.

John 15:8

As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified.

Matthew 13:12

For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable."

Matthew 21:19

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

Hebrews 12:15

see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;

John 15:16

You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit — fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

Luke 8:13

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

1 John 2:19

They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

1 Corinthians 13:1

Thus, I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have no love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal;

Romans 8:28

We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything.

John 17:12

When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

Matthew 7:19

[Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 25:29

For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

Mark 4:20

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

John 15:1

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John 15:3

You are already clean, by the word I have spoken to you.

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.

Romans 11:17

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

Romans 11:22

Consider both the kindness and the severity of God; those who fall come under his severity, but you come under the divine kindness, provided you adhere to that kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too.