John 15:2
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
3You are already clean because of the message that I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Job 17:9The righteous man will keep to his way; 1 he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. 1
Proverbs 4:18But the path of righteous people is like the first light that grows brighter; 1 it shines more and more until the fullness of the day comes. 1
Isaiah 29:19The oppressed will again rejoice in Yahweh, 1 and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 1
Malachi 3:3He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi. He will refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings of righteousness to Yahweh.
Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in his hand to thoroughly clear off his threshing floor and to gather his wheat into the storehouse. But he will burn up the chaff with fire that can never be put out.”
Matthew 13:33Jesus then told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
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 →