John 15
King James Version · 27 verses · 1,240 cross-references linking it to 417 other chapters
Explore John 15 in the interactive map- 1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.52 cross-references: Jeremiah 2:21, Isaiah 27:2–3, 1 Corinthians 3:9, Isaiah 60:21, Psalms 80:8–19
- 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.78 cross-references: Matthew 3:10, Hebrews 12:10–11, Matthew 15:13, Revelation 3:19, John 15:8
- 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.16 cross-references: John 17:17, Ephesians 5:26, 1 Peter 1:22, John 13:10
- 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.56 cross-references: 1 John 2:6, Galatians 2:20, John 8:31, 2 John 1:9, John 6:56
- 5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.47 cross-references: Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:10, John 15:16, Galatians 5:22, Proverbs 11:30
- 6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.51 cross-references: Matthew 7:19, Hebrews 6:7–8, John 15:2, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 3:10
- 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.52 cross-references: Psalms 37:4, 1 John 5:14, John 14:13, 1 John 3:22, John 15:16
- 8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.38 cross-references: John 8:31, Matthew 5:16, Philippians 1:11, 2 Corinthians 9:10–15, John 15:5
- 9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.33 cross-references: John 17:23–24, John 17:26, 1 John 2:28, Revelation 1:5, John 15:13
- 10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.54 cross-references: John 14:15, 1 John 5:3, 1 John 2:5, 1 John 3:21–24, 2 Peter 2:21
- 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.35 cross-references: John 17:13, Romans 15:13, John 16:24, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 John 1:4
- 12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.28 cross-references: 1 John 4:21, John 13:34, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 John 3:23, Romans 12:10
- 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.21 cross-references: John 10:11, Ephesians 5:2, John 10:15, Romans 5:6–8, 1 John 4:7–11
- 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.72 cross-references: Matthew 12:50, 1 John 5:3, James 2:23, John 14:21, John 14:15
- 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.60 cross-references: Psalms 25:14, 1 Corinthians 2:9–12, Matthew 13:11, James 2:23, Colossians 1:26
- 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.112 cross-references: John 15:19, Jeremiah 1:5–7, Ephesians 2:10, Luke 6:13, 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 17These things I command you, that ye love one another.15 cross-references: John 15:12, 1 John 3:14–17, 1 Peter 2:17
- 18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.53 cross-references: 1 John 3:13, John 7:7, Mark 13:13, John 3:20, Matthew 10:22
- 19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.40 cross-references: 1 John 4:4–5, John 17:14–16, Ephesians 1:4–11, Titus 3:3–7, John 15:16
- 20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.51 cross-references: 2 Timothy 3:12, John 13:16, Matthew 10:24, Ezekiel 3:7, 1 Corinthians 4:12
- 21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.43 cross-references: Matthew 10:22, John 16:3, John 8:19, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 24:9
- 22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.46 cross-references: John 9:41, James 4:17, Acts 17:30, Romans 1:20, Ezekiel 33:31–33
- 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.31 cross-references: John 8:40–42, 2 John 1:9, 1 John 2:23
- 24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.60 cross-references: John 14:9, John 5:36, John 10:32, John 7:31, John 10:37
- 25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.42 cross-references: Psalms 109:3, Psalms 69:4, Psalms 35:19, Luke 24:44, 2 Corinthians 11:7
- 26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:44 cross-references: John 14:26, John 14:16–17, John 16:13–15, Acts 5:32, Acts 2:32–33
- 27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.40 cross-references: 1 John 4:14, Acts 10:39–42, John 21:24, Luke 24:48, Acts 23:11
Explained connections
- Hated without a cause
The psalmist's enemies hate him for no reason. Jesus says the world's hatred of him fulfils the words written 'in their law' — Psalms counted as Scripture alongside the Torah — showing the rejection was anticipated.
- The true vine
Psalm 80 pictures Israel as a vine God brought out of Egypt, now ravaged. Jesus calls himself the true vine and his disciples the branches: Israel's identity is gathered up in him.
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