John 15:2

New American Bible - revised edition

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

Cross References

Job 17:9

The righteous holds to his way, the one with clean hands increases in strength.

Psalm 92:14

Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just is like shining light, that grows in brilliance till perfect day.

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 29:19

The lowly shall again find joy in the Lord, the poorest rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those with insight shall stumble so that they may be tested, refined, and purified, until the end time which is still appointed to come.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord; as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.”

Malachi 3:3

He will sit refining and purifying silver, and he will purify the Levites, Refining them like gold or silver, that they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Matthew 13:12

To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Matthew 13:33

He spoke to them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.” The Use of Parables.

Matthew 15:13

He said in reply, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

Matthew 21:19

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again.” And immediately the fig tree withered.

Matthew 25:29

For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Matthew 3:10

Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fan is in his hand. He will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” The Baptism of Jesus.

Matthew 7:19

Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Mark 4:20

But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.” Parable of the Lamp.

Luke 8:13

Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of trial.

John 15:1

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.

John 15:16

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

John 15:3

You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.

John 15:6

Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.

John 15:8

By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

John 17:12

When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Romans 11:17

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree,

Romans 11:22

See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God’s kindness to you, provided you remain in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one be deprived of the grace of God, that no bitter root spring up and cause trouble, through which many may become defiled,

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not really of our number; if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.