John 15:2
Every sarig (shoot, branch) in me not bearing p'ri + 15:2 Ps 92:14 He takes it away, and every sarig bearing p'ri He prunes that it may bear much p'ri.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3You are already metoharim (clean) because of the dvar which I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Job 17:9The tzaddik also shall hold to his derech, 1 and he whose yadayim are tahor shall grow stronger and stronger. 1
Proverbs 4:18But the orach tzaddikim (path of the righteous) is as the bright light, 1 that shineth brighter and brighter unto the full day. 1
Isaiah 29:19The anaviyim also shall increase their simchah in Hashem, 1 and the evyonei adam (needy of humankind) s 1 hall rejoice in the Kadosh Yisroel. 1
Malachi 3:3And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of kesef; 1 and He shall purify the Bnei Levi, 1 and purge them as zahav and kesef, 1 that they may offer unto Hashem 1 an offering in tzedakah. 1
Matthew 3:12The winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear out his threshing floor, and he will gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable eish (fire).
Matthew 13:33Another mashal Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach spoke to them. The Malchut HaShomayim is like seor (leaven), which having taken, a woman hid in three satas of wheat flour until 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 →