“I am the vine”

“No more fiendish punishment could be devised, were such a thing physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed by all the members thereof. If no one turned around when we entered, answered when we spoke, or minded what we did, but if every person we met ‘cut us dead,’ and acted as if we were non-existent things, a kind of rage and impotent despair would before long well up in us, from which the cruellest bodily torture would be a relief.”

“I am the vine”

Vine Branches Gardener

“I am the vine”

I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: “My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well.” Isaiah 5:1-2

“I am the vine” “Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.” Isaiah 5:2

“I am the vine” "Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? Isaiah 5:3-4

“I am the vine” “Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.” Isaiah 5:5-6

“I am the vine” The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress. Isaiah 5:7

“I am the vine” “I am the true vine”

“I am the vine” In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. John 1:14

“I am the vine” “I am the vine. You are the branches.”

“I am the vine” Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:4

“I am the vine” "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a person remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5

“I am the vine” Anyone does not remain in me is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. John 15:6

“I am the vine” Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:4

“I am the vine” As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. John 15:9

“I am the vine” If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. John 15:10

“I am the vine” I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. John 15:11

“I am the vine” My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12

“I am the vine” If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. John 15:10

“I am the vine” You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:14-15

“I am the vine” If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. John 15:10

“I am the vine”

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.” “He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” John 15:1-2

“I am the vine”