John 15:2
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth, that it may bear more fruit.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
3Ye are clean already, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Job 17:9The righteous will also hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands will gather strength.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, Which groweth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
Isaiah 29:19The afflicted shall exceedingly rejoice in Jehovah, And the poor shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Malachi 3:3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, And he shall purify the sons of Levi, And shall refine them as gold and silver, That, being holy to Jehovah, they may bring an offering in righteousness.
Matthew 3:12His winnowing-shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Matthew 13:33Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew Henry on John 15:2-9
Christ the True Vine. 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same… Read the whole commentary →