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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 shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them 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: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof 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• ⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
¹⁷For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. (John 1:9,17)

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John 6:32,55• ³²Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. (John 6:32,55)

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1 John 2:8• ⁸Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. (1 John 2:8)

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Gen. 49:10‑11• ¹⁰The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
¹¹Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: (Gen. 49:10‑11)

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Psa. 80:8‑19• ⁸Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
⁹Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
¹⁰The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
¹¹She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
¹²Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
¹³The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
¹⁴Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
¹⁵And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that 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 madest strong for thyself.
¹⁸So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
¹⁹Turn us again, O Lord 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 shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)

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Isa. 5:1‑7• ¹Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
²And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
³And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
⁴What could have been done more 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 go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
⁶And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
⁷For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)

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

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Jer. 12:10• ¹⁰Many pastors 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 vine tree more than any tree, or than a 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 cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
⁵Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree 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 empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. (Hos. 10:1)

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Zech. 3:8• ⁸Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: 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 certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: (Matt. 21:33)

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Luke 13:6• ⁶He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. (Luke 13:6)

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Song of Sol. 7:12• ¹²Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: 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 pieces of silver.
¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)

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Isa. 27:2‑3• ²In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
³I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt 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 inherit 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, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)

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Matt. 20:1• ¹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. (Matt. 20:1)

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Mark 12:1• ¹And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. (Mark 12:1)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are 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.