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John 15:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I am the true vinej, and my Father is the husbandmank.

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Isa. 4:2• ²In that day there shall be a sprout of Jehovah for beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth for excellency and for ornament for those that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)

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Song of Sol. 8:12• ¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand silver-pieces be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:12)

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1-17: The union of Christ and his members shown under the parable of a vine.

18-25: The hatred of the world.

26-27: The office of the Holy Ghost.

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John 1:9,17• ⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
¹⁷For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ. (John 1:9,17)

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John 6:32,55• ³²Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, It is not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
⁵⁵for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink. (John 6:32,55)

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1 John 2:8• ⁸Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines. (1 John 2:8)

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Gen. 49:10‑11• ¹⁰The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
¹¹He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes. (Gen. 49:10‑11)

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Psa. 80:8‑19• ⁸Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
⁹Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of *God;
¹¹It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
¹²Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
¹³The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
¹⁴O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
¹⁵Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
¹⁷Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
¹⁸So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
¹⁹Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. (Psa. 80:8‑19)

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Isa. 4:2• ²In that day there shall be a sprout of Jehovah for beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth for excellency and for ornament for those that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)

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Isa. 5:1‑7• ¹I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
²And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
⁴What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?--
⁵And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
⁶and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
⁷For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)

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Jer. 2:21• ²¹And I,--I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. 2:21)

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Jer. 12:10• ¹⁰Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness: (Jer. 12:10)

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Ezek. 15:2‑6• ²Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?
³Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
⁴Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for any work?
⁵Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?
⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Ezek. 15:2‑6)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues. (Hos. 10:1)

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Zech. 3:8• ⁸Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee--for they are men of portent--for behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. (Zech. 3:8)

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Matt. 21:33• ³³Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. (Matt. 21:33)

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Luke 13:6• ⁶And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any. (Luke 13:6)

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Song of Sol. 7:12• ¹²We will go up early to the vineyards, We will see if the vine hath budded, If the blossom is opening, And the pomegranates are in bloom: There will I give thee my loves. (Song of Sol. 7:12)

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Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• ¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.
¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand silver-pieces be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)

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Isa. 27:2‑3• ²In that day there shall be a vineyard of pure wine; sing concerning it:
³I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day. (Isa. 27:2‑3)

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Isa. 60:21• ²¹Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever--the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (Isa. 60:21)

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Isa. 61:3• ³to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)

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Matt. 20:1• ¹For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard. (Matt. 20:1)

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Mark 12:1• ¹And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. (Mark 12:1)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

• The subject of the parable is as distinct as the parable itself; it is not eternal life, but fruit-bearing. If this were borne in mind, it would greatly help to an understanding of this much misunderstood passage of scripture. (“Deuteronomy 11” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• --Chapter 14 gives to us the Son’s personal relationship with the Father, and our place in Him who is in it, known by the Holy Spirit given. --In chapter 15 we have His place and standing on earth, the true Vine, and then His state of glory as exalted and sending the Comforter to reveal that. (“John 14” by J.N. Darby)

• Here it is not that which He will be after His departure; He was this upon earth, and distinctively upon earth. We do not speak of planting vines in heaven, nor of pruning branches there. (“John 15” by J.N. Darby)

• The true Vine, therefore, is not Israel; quite the contrary, it is Christ in contrast with Israel, but Christ planted on earth, taking Israel’s place, as the true Vine. (“John 15” by J.N. Darby)

• The change of subject having been made thus apparent {"Arise, let us go hence." John 14:31}, the Lord now proceeds to set forth His mind for the disciples in one of the allegories peculiar to our Gospel. (“John 15” by W. Kelly)

• Thus the Lord sets aside Israel as any source of fruit-bearing for God. Long since had the prophets denounced the nation as bearing wild grapes, as an empty vine, or as only fit for the burning. But the Lord brings to light Himself as the true and only stock acceptable unto God. (“John 15” by W. Kelly)

• As Father, He deals with the branches of the Vine, which is Christ Himself on earth, object of all the active and watchful interest of His Father who looks for fruit. (“John 15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

W. Kelly Translation

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I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.