Juan 15

Ang Tunay na Puno ng Ubas

1 “Ako ang tunay na puno ng ubas at ang aking Ama ang tagapag-alaga. 2 Inaalis niya ang bawat sangang hindi nagbubunga, at kanya namang pinuputulan at nililinis ang bawat sangang nagbubunga upang magbunga pa nang lalong sagana. 3 Nalinis na kayo sa pamamagitan ng salitang sinabi ko sa inyo.

4 Manatili kayo sa akin at mananatili din ako sa inyo. Hindi magbubunga ang sangang hindi nananatili sa puno. Gayundin naman, hindi kayo magbubunga kung hindi kayo mananatili sa akin.
5 “Ako nga ang puno ng ubas at kayo ang mga sanga. Ang nananatili sa akin, at ako sa kanya, ang siyang nagbubunga nang sagana, sapagkat wala kayong magagawa kung kayo'y hiwalay sa akin. 6 Ang hindi nananatili sa akin ay matutuyo at itinatapon, gaya ng sanga. Ang ganoong mga sanga ay tinitipon, inihahagis sa apoy at sinusunog. 7 Kung nananatili kayo sa akin at nananatili sa inyo ang aking mga salita, hingin ninyo ang anumang nais ninyo at ibibigay iyon sa inyo. 8 Napaparangalan ang aking Ama kung kayo'y masaganang nagbubunga bilang aking mga alagad.t 9 Kung paanong inibig ako ng Ama, gayundin naman, iniibig ko kayo; manatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig.

10 Kung tinutupad ninyo ang aking mga utos, mananatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig; tulad ko, tinutupad ko ang mga utos ng aking Ama at ako'y nananatili sa kanyang pag-ibig.
11 “Sinabi ko sa inyo ang mga bagay na ito upang mapasainyo ang kagalakan ko at nang sa gayon, malubos ang inyong kagalakan. 12 Itot ang aking utos: magmahalan kayo gaya ng pagmamahal ko sa inyo. 13 Walang pag-ibig na hihigit pa kaysa pag-ibig ng isang taong nag-aalay ng kanyang buhay para sa kanyang mga kaibigan. 14 Kayo'y mga kaibigan ko kung tinutupad ninyo ang aking mga utos. 15 Hindi ko na kayo itinuturing na mga alipin, sapagkat hindi alam ng alipin ang ginagawa ng kanyang panginoon. Sa halip, itinuring ko kayong mga kaibigan, sapagkat sinabi ko sa inyo ang lahat ng narinig ko sa aking Ama. 16 Hindi ninyo ako pinili, kayo ang pinili ko. Pinili ko kayo upang kayo'y magbunga at manatili ang inyong bunga upang ang anumang hingin ninyo sa Ama, sa aking pangalan, ay ibibigay sa inyo.

17 Ito nga ang utos ko sa inyo: magmahalan kayo.”

Ang Pagkapoot ng Sanlibutan

25 Subalitt nangyari ito upang matupad ang sinasabi sa kanilang Kautusan, ‘Napoot sila sa akin nang walang dahilan.’
26 “Ngunit sa pagdating ng Tagapagtanggol, ang Espiritu ng katotohanan, na susuguin ko mula sa Ama, magpapatotoo siya tungkol sa akin. 27 At magpapatotoo rin kayo tungkol sa akin, sapagkat sa pasimula pa'y kasama ko na kayo.

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.