John 15:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.”
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BSBPD
““I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 15:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Song of Solomon 7:12Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.
- Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
- Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Isaiah 27:2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
- Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
- Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
- Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
- Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
- Zechariah 3:8Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Matthew 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- Matthew 21:33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Luke 13:6Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
- John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- John 6:32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
- John 6:55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- 1 John 2:8Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
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