John 15:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman.

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  • Jer 2:21 : 21 Wheras I planted thee a noble vine, and wholly a right seede: howe art thou turned then into a bitter vnfruitfull and straunge grape?
  • Isa 27:2-3 : 2 In that day see that ye sing of the congregation which is the vineyarde that bringeth foorth the best wine: 3 Euen I the Lorde do kepe it, in due seasons shall I water it: and lest the enemie do it any harme, I wyll both night and day preserue it.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the lawe was geuen by Moyses: but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christe.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng.
  • Ps 80:8-9 : 8 Thou dydst translate a vine out of Egypt: thou didst cast out the Heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madst roome before it: thou causedst it to take roote, and it hath filled the lande. 10 The hilles were couered with her shadowe: and goodly high Cedar trees with her bowes. 11 She stretched out her braunches vnto the sea: and her bowes vnto the riuer. 12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge: that all they whiche go by plucke of her grapes? 13 The wylde bore out of the wood rooteth it vp: and the wylde beast of the fielde deuoureth it. 14 Turne thee agayne thou God of hoastes I pray thee: loke downe from heauen, beholde and visite this vine 15 and vineyarde that thy ryght hande hath planted, and the young braunche which thou hast fortified for thy selfe. 16 It is brent with fire and cut downe: they shall perishe at the rebuke of thy countenaunce. 17 Let thy hande be vpon the man of thy right hande: and vpon the sonne of man whom thou hast fortified for thyne owne selfe. 18 And so we wyll not go backe from thee: thou shalt reuiue vs, and we wyll call vpon thy name. 19 Turne vs agayne O God, Lorde of hoastes: shewe the light of thy countenaunce, and we shalbe saued.
  • Isa 5:1-7 : 1 Nowe wyll I syng my beloued friende, a song of my friende touching his vineyard: My beloued friende hath a vineyarde in a very fruiteful plenteous grounde. 2 This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes. 3 Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem, and man of Iuda, iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde: 4 What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it? 5 Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote. 6 I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it. 7 As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Iuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he loked for equitie, but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse, and lo it is a crying.
  • Matt 21:33 : 33 Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey.
  • Luke 13:6 : 6 He tolde also this similitude. A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyarde, and he came, and sought fruite theron, and founde none.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day shall the budde of the Lorde be beautifull and glorious, and the fruite of the earth shalbe excellent and pleasaunt, for them that are escaped of Israel.
  • John 6:55 : 55 For my fleshe is meate in deede, and my blood is drynke in deede.
  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Agayne, a newe commaundement I write vnto you, that is true in hym, and the same is true also in you: For the darkenesse is past, and the true lyght nowe shyneth.
  • John 6:32 : 32 Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, Moyses gaue you not yt bread fro heauen, but my father geueth you ye true bread fro heaue.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.
  • Mark 12:1 : 1 And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it about with an hedge, and ordeyned a wynepresse, and built a towre, and let it out vnto husbande men: and went into a straunge countrey.
  • Matt 20:1 : 1 For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.
  • Ezek 15:2-6 : 2 Thou sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree, more then of euery other tree, & of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest? 3 Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall? or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron? 4 Behold, it is cast in the fire to be brent, the fire consumeth both the endes of it, the middes of it is brent: is it meete then for any worke? 5 Seeing then that it was meete for no worke beyng whole, muche lesse may there any thing be made of it when the fire hath consumed and brent it. 6 And therefore thus saith the Lorde god, As the vine tree that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue geuen to the fire to be consumed: so wyll I geue the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem.
  • Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is an emptie vine, yet hath it brought foorth fruite to it selfe, accordyng to the multitude of the fruite therof he hath encreased alwayes: accordyng to the goodnesse of their lande they haue made them faire images.
  • Zech 3:8 : 8 Heare O Iosua thou hie priest, thou & thy felowes that sit before thee, for they are monstruous persons: behold, I wyl bring foorth the braunche my seruaunt.
  • Gen 49:10-11 : 10 The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be. 11 He shall bynde his foale vnto ye vine, and his asses colt vnto the braunche: He wasshed his garment in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.
  • Song 7:12 : 12 In the mornyng wyll we go see the vineyarde, we wyll see yf the vine be sprong foorth, yf the grapes be growen, and yf the pomegranates be shot out. There will I geue thee my brestes:
  • Song 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon hath a vineyarde at BaalHamon: and this vineyarde deliuered he vnto the kepers, that euery one for the fruite therof shoulde geue hym a thousande peeces of siluer. 12 My vineyarde which is myne, is in my syght: thou (O Solomon) must haue a thousande, and the kepers two hundred, which kepe the fruite.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people shalbe all righteous and possesse the lande euer, the floure of my planting, the worke of my hands wherof I wyll reioyce.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I might geue I say beautie in steede of asshes, ioyfull oyntment for sighing, pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in.
  • Jer 12:10 : 10 Diuers heardmen haue broke downe my vineyarde, and troden vpon my portion: of my pleasaunt portion they haue made a wildernesse and desert.

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  • John 15:2-9
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    2Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he will take away: And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge, that it may bryng foorth more fruite.

    3Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you.

    4Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe, except it byde in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abyde in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me, and I in hym, the same bryngeth foorth much fruite: For without me can ye do nothyng.

    6Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast foorth as a braunch, and withereth, and men gather them, and cast them into the fyre, and they burne.

    7Yf ye byde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, aske what ye wyll, and it shalbe done for you.

    8Herein is my father glorified: that ye beare much fruite, and become my disciples.

    9As the father hath loued me, euen so haue I loued you: Continue ye in my loue.

  • Ezek 15:1-2
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    1The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:

    2Thou sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree, more then of euery other tree, & of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest?

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.

  • Isa 5:1-5
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    1Nowe wyll I syng my beloued friende, a song of my friende touching his vineyard: My beloued friende hath a vineyarde in a very fruiteful plenteous grounde.

    2This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes.

    3Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem, and man of Iuda, iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde:

    4What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?

    5Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote.

  • Ps 80:15
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    15and vineyarde that thy ryght hande hath planted, and the young braunche which thou hast fortified for thy selfe.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For afore the haruest whe the braunch is growen, there shall come ripe fruite of the floure: and he shal cut downe the increase with sithes, and the braunches shall he take away with hookes.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it about with an hedge, and ordeyned a wynepresse, and built a towre, and let it out vnto husbande men: and went into a straunge countrey.

    2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • Ezek 17:8
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    8It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters, so that it should haue brought out braunches, & borne fruite, and haue ben a goodly vine.

  • Gen 40:10
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    10And in the vine were three braunches, and it was as though it budded, & her blossomes shot foorth: and the clusters therof brought foorth rype grapes.

  • John 15:16
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    16Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you, to go, and bryng foorth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne, that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he may geue it you.

  • John 14:10-11
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    10Beleuest thou not, that I am in the father, & the father in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: but the father that dwelleth in me, is he that doth the workes.

    11Beleue me, that I am in the father, and the father in me: Or els beleue me for the workes sake.

  • John 10:30
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    30I and my father are one.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.

  • John 14:20
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    20That day shall ye knowe, that I am in my father, and you in me, & I in you.

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season.

    10And when the time was come, he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men, that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde. And they beat hym, and sent hym away emptie.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • Ezek 17:5-6
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    5He toke also of the seede of the land, and planted it in a fruiteful grounde, he brought it vnto great waters, and set it in an open trenche.

    6Then did it grow, and was a spreading vine, but lowe of stature, whose braunches turned towarde it, and the rootes of it were vnder it: thus there came of it a vine, and it brought foorth braunches, and shot foorth buddes.

  • Luke 13:6-7
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    6He tolde also this similitude. A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyarde, and he came, and sought fruite theron, and founde none.

    7Then sayde he to the dresser of his vineyarde: Beholde, this three yere I haue come & sought fruite in this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the grounde?

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites.

  • Matt 21:33-34
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    33Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey.

    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.

  • Judg 9:13
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    13The vine sayde vnto them: Should I leaue my wine wherby I cheare both God and man, and go to be promoted ouer the trees?

  • Ezek 15:6
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    6And therefore thus saith the Lorde god, As the vine tree that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue geuen to the fire to be consumed: so wyll I geue the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem.

  • Jer 2:21
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    21Wheras I planted thee a noble vine, and wholly a right seede: howe art thou turned then into a bitter vnfruitfull and straunge grape?

  • Luke 6:44
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    44For euery tree is knowen by his fruite: for of thornes do not me gather fygges, nor of busshes, gather they grapes.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What shall therfore, the Lorde of the vineyarde do? He shal come, and destroy the husbandmen, and wyll geue the vineyarde vnto other.

  • Luke 20:15
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    15And they cast him out of the vineyard, and kylled hym. What shall the Lorde of the vineyarde therfore do vnto them?

  • Luke 13:9
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    9And yf it beare fruite thou mayest let it alone: and yf it beare not then, after that shalt thou cut it downe.

  • Luke 20:13
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    13Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym.

  • John 10:14
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    14I am the good sheepheard, & knowe my sheepe, and am knowen of myne.

  • Joel 1:7
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    7He hath destroyed my vine, & barked my figge tree, he hath pilled it and cast it from him, and hath left bowes therof whyte.

  • John 8:16
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    16And if I iudge, my iudgement is true: For I am not alone, but I and the father that sent me.