[1]"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. [2]He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. [3]You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. [4]Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. [5]I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. [6]Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. [7]If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. [8]My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. [9]As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. [10]If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
[11]I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete."
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[1] I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
[2] I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
[3] When my enemies turned back,
they stumbled and perished before you.
[4] For you have maintained my just cause;
you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
[5] You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
[6] The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;
their cities you have rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
[7] But the LORD sits enthroned forever,
he has established his throne for judgment.
[8] He judges the world with righteousness;
he judges the peoples with equity.
[9] The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
[10] And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
[11 ]Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion.
Declare his deeds among the peoples.
[12] For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
[13] Be gracious to me, O LORD.
See what I suffer from those who hate me;
you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,
[14] so that I may recount all your praises,
and, in the gates of daughter Zion,
rejoice in your deliverance.
[15] The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.
[16] The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.
Higgaion. Selah
[17] The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
all the nations that forget God.
[18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
[19] Rise up, O LORD! Do not let mortals prevail;
let the nations be judged before you.
[20] Put them in fear, O LORD;
let the nations know that they are only human.
Selah
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