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John 15:1–2

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I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
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.
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  1. Jeremiah 2:21Rank 1 from verse 1
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    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?

  2. Isaiah 27:2–3Rank 2 from verse 1
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    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.

  3. 1 Corinthians 3:9Rank 3 from verse 1
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    9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

  4. Isaiah 60:21Rank 4 from verse 1
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    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.

  5. Psalms 80:8–19Rank 5 from verse 1
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    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.

From verse 2

  1. Matthew 3:10Rank 1 from verse 2
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    10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  2. Hebrews 12:10–11Rank 2 from verse 2
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    10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

    11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

  3. Matthew 15:13Rank 3 from verse 2
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    13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

  4. Revelation 3:19Rank 4 from verse 2
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    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  5. John 15:8Rank 5 from verse 2
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    8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

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John 15:1

COMBINED MEANING

true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

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COMBINED MEANING

vine

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Sense 1: A climbing or spreading plant, commonly a grapevine. Sense 2: A person or people represented by such a plant.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

John 15:2

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

branch

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1. A shoot or limb growing from a plant. 2. Figuratively, that which springs from a root, family, nation, or other source.

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COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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fruit

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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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taketh

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Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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2Every 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.

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3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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