1. “I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
2. He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
3. You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.