Ján 15

1 Ja som pravý vinič a môj Otec je vinohradník.2 On každú ratolesť, ktorá na mne neprináša ovocie, odrezáva, a každú, ktorá ovocie prináša, čistí, aby prinášala viac ovocia.3 Vy ste už čistí pre slovo, ktoré som vám povedal.4 Ostaňte vo mne a ja vo vás. Ako ratolesť nemôže prinášať ovocie sama od seba, ak neostane na viniči, tak ani vy, ak neostanete vo mne.5 Ja som vinič, vy ste ratolesti. Kto ostáva vo mne a ja v ňom, prináša veľa ovocia; lebo bezo mňa nemôžete nič urobiť.6 Ak niekto neostane vo mne, vyhodia ho von ako ratolesť a uschne. Potom ich pozbierajú, hodia ich do ohňa a zhoria.7 Ak ostanete vo mne a moje slová ostanú vo vás, proste, o čo chcete, a splní sa vám to.8 Môj Otec je oslávený tým, že prinášate veľa ovocia a stanete sa mojimi učeníkmi.9 Ako mňa miluje Otec, tak ja milujem vás. Ostaňte v mojej láske!10 Ak budete zachovávať moje prikázania, ostanete v mojej láske, ako ja zachovávam prikázania svojho Otca a ostávam v jeho láske.11 Toto som vám povedal, aby vo vás bola moja radosť a aby vaša radosť bola úplná.12 Toto je moje prikázanie: Aby ste sa milovali navzájom, ako som ja miloval vás.13 Nik nemá väčšiu lásku ako ten, kto položí život za svojich priateľov.14 Vy ste moji priatelia, ak robíte, čo vám prikazujem.15 Už vás nenazývam sluhami, lebo sluha nevie, čo robí jeho pán. Nazval som vás priateľmi, pretože som vám oznámil všetko, čo som počul od svojho Otca.16 Nie vy ste si vyvolili mňa, ale ja som si vyvolil vás a ustanovil som vás, aby ste išli a prinášali ovocie a aby vaše ovocie zostalo; aby vám Otec dal všetko, o čo ho budete prosiť v mojom mene.17 Toto vám prikazujem: Aby ste sa milovali navzájom.18 Ak vás svet nenávidí, vedzte, že mňa nenávidel prv ako vás.19 Keby ste boli zo sveta, svet by miloval, čo je jeho, ale preto, že nie ste zo sveta, že som si vás ja vyvolil zo sveta, svet vás nenávidí.20 Spomeňte si na slovo, ktoré som vám povedal: Sluha nie je väčší ako jeho pán. Ak mňa prenasledovali, budú prenasledovať aj vás; ak zachovávali moje slovo, budú zachovávať aj vaše.21 Ale to všetko vám budú robiť pre moje meno, lebo nepoznajú toho, ktorý ma poslal.22 Keby som nebol prišiel a nebol im hovoril, nemali by hriech. Ale teraz nemajú výhovorku pre svoj hriech.23 Kto nenávidí mňa, nenávidí aj môjho Otca.24 Keby som nebol medzi nimi konal skutky, aké nik iný nekonal, nemali by hriech. Ale teraz videli a znenávideli aj mňa, aj môjho Otca.25 To preto, aby sa splnilo slovo napísané v ich Zákone: »Nenávideli ma bez príčiny.«26 Keď príde Tešiteľ, ktorého vám ja pošlem od Otca, Duch pravdy, ktorý vychádza od Otca, on o mne vydá svedectvo.27 Ale aj vy vydávate svedectvo, lebo ste so mnou od začiatku.

JOHN 15

Jesus Is the True Vine

1 Jesus said to his disciples:
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit.

3 You are already clean because of what I have said to you.
4 Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you cannot produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. 5 I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me.

6 If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a fire.
7 Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered. 8 When you become fruitful disciples of mine, my Father will be honored. 9 I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you.

10 If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as my Father keeps loving me, because I have obeyed him.
11 I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am. 12 t Now I tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. 13 The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them. 14 And you are my friends, if you obey me.

15 Servants don't know what their master is doing, and so I don't speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I have told you everything my Father has told me.
16 You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit, the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name.t

17 So I command you to love each other.

The World's Hatred

20 t Remember how I told you that servants are not greater than their master. So if people mistreat me, they will mistreat you. If they do what I say, they will do what you say.
21 People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one who sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Everyone who hates me also hates my Father. 24 I have done things no one else has ever done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not be guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me and my Father too.

25 t This is why the Scriptures are true when they say, “People hated me for no reason.”
26 I will send you the Spirit who comes from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will helpt you and will tell you about me. 27 Then you will also tell others about me, because you have been with me from the beginning.