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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 Jehovah 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:{HR}Thou, Solomon, shalt have the thousand,{HR}And 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 ., lighteth every man
¹⁷For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came 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, Not Moses hath given you the bread out of heaven, but my Father giveth 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, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing, and the true light already shineth. (1 John 2:8)

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Gen. 49:10‑11• ¹⁰The sceptre shall 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 garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; (Gen. 49:10‑11)

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Psa. 80:8‑19• ⁸A vine out of Egypt thou broughtest;{HR}Thou didst drive out nations, and didst plant it.
⁹Thou preparedst [space] before it,{HR}And it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰Mountains were covered with its shadow,{HR}And its boughs [were] cedars of God .
¹¹It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river.
¹²Why hast thou broken down its fence,{HR}So that all who pass by the way shall pluck it?
¹³The boar out of the forest wasteth it,{HR}And the wild beast of the field feedeth on it.
¹⁴O God of hosts, return, we pray;{HR}Look down even from the heavens and see,{HR}And visit this vine,
¹⁵Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself.
¹⁶[It is] burned with fire, cut down:{HR}At the rebuke of thy face they perish.
¹⁷Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,{HR}Upon the son of man thou madest strong for thyself.
¹⁸So will we not go back from thee.{HR}Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
¹⁹Restore us, O Jehovah God of hosts,{HR}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 Jehovah 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• ¹I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill;
²and he dug it up, 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 a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between 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 let me tell you what I am about to 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 hoed; 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 Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but 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 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? should it yet be used for any work?
⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 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, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy companions that sit before thee: for they are men of a sign or 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• ¹²Let us get up early to the vineyards,{HR}Let us see if the vine hath budded,{HR}The blossoms appear, the pomegranates bloom:{HR}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,{HR}He let out the vineyard to keepers:{HR}Every one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:{HR}Thou, Solomon, shalt have the thousand,{HR}And the keepers of its fruit two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)

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Isa. 27:2‑3• ²In that day [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 forever—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 be given 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 oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)

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Matt. 20:1• ¹For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers 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 went into a far country. (Mark 12:1)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, 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.