John 15: The True Vine

Jesus says He is the true vine, His Father is the gardener, and His disciples are the branches. Those who remain in Him bear much fruit, for apart from Him they can do nothing. He calls them friends, commands them to love one another, and warns that the world may hate them as it hated Him.

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¹ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ He who hates me, hates my Father also.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ “When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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John 15 · Preschool

Stay Close to Jesus

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Color the picture. Point to the vine and the branches.

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Bible Verse

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

John 15:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Ask: What does a branch need? (The vine!)

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John 15 · Grade 4

Fruit That Lasts

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Read and Think

Israel was often pictured as God's vine in the Old Testament. But Israel did not always bear good fruit. Jesus said He is the true vine. His Father is the farmer who cares for the branches. Fruitful branches are pruned, which means trimmed, so they can bear even more. Sometimes God uses hard times to help us grow.

The key word is remain. A branch does not try hard to make grapes. It simply stays connected to the vine, and fruit grows. Jesus said, Apart from Me you can do nothing. Remaining means trusting Jesus, keeping His words, and staying in His love. Prayer flows from this close friendship.

Jesus commanded them to love one another as He loved them. The greatest love is laying down your life for your friends, and Jesus was about to do that. He called them friends because He had told them what the Father said. Jesus warned that the world would hate them because it hated Him first. But the Spirit of truth would testify about Jesus, and so would they.

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What does it mean that the Father prunes fruitful branches?
How does a branch bear fruit?
What does remaining in Jesus mean?
Why did Jesus call His disciples friends?

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growfarmerremainfruitvine

But Israel did not always bear good .
Jesus said He is the true .
His Father is the who cares for the branches.
Sometimes God uses hard times to help us .
The key word is .

Think About It

How can you remain close to Jesus each day?
What fruit do you hope God will grow in your life?

Memory Verse

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

John 15:12 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

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Jesus said apart from Him we can do nothing. What makes it hard for you to rely on Him?
What good change do you want in your life?
Jesus said to love each other as He has loved us. What is one way you can love someone like Jesus does?

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John 15 · Grade 5

Abide in Me

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Read and Think

In the Old Testament, Israel was often called God's vine or vineyard, as in Psalm 80 and Isaiah 5. Sadly, the vine often produced bad fruit. Jesus said, I am the true vine. He is the faithful Israel, and those joined to Him become fruitful. The Father is the farmer. He removes branches that bear no fruit and prunes those that do. God's discipline, though sometimes painful, has a loving purpose: more fruit.

Jesus used the word remain, or abide, many times. I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. Fruit includes Christlike character, loving deeds, and people brought to faith. Fruit is not produced by straining but by staying connected to Jesus through His word, prayer, and obedience. Then the Father is glorified.

Jesus calls His followers to remain in His love by keeping His commandments, as He kept the Father's. His commandment is to love one another as He has loved us. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. Jesus calls us friends and chose us to bear lasting fruit. Yet friendship with Jesus may bring the world's hatred. Jesus prepared His disciples for persecution and promised the Counselor, the Spirit of truth, who would testify about Him.

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How is Jesus the true vine in contrast to Israel?
What is the loving purpose of God's pruning?
What kinds of fruit does a believer bear?
How is fruit produced, according to this passage?
What might friendship with Jesus bring from the world?

Crossword

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God the Father is the ____.
The Father is glorified when we bear much ____.
What we can do apart from Jesus.

Down

Jesus calls us His ____.
It needs the vine to grow.
Jesus said He is the ____.

Think About It

Apart from Jesus we can do nothing. Where are you trying to do things in your own strength?
Jesus calls you His friend. How should that change the way you pray?

Memory Verse

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

John 15:12 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you stay close to Jesus each day?
What good change do you hope God makes in you?
Jesus said His joy can be in us and our joy can be full. Where have you found that obeying Jesus leads to joy?

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