Jesus said to his disciples:

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

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.

Remain in me, as I remain in you.

Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own

unless it remains on the vine,

so neither can you unless you remain in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches.

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,

because without me you can do nothing.

Anyone who does not remain in me

will be thrown out like a branch and wither;

people will gather them and throw them into a fire

and they will be burned.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you,

ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.

By this is my Father glorified,

that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”

John 15:1-8

Remain with me, O living vine,
though I be pruned away from you.
Around this withered branch entwine
the tendrils that will bear your fruit.
Upon my beams, then, upward climb,
though I am buried with your root.
Embrace me, though I can but die,
and let me bear your harvest, too.

We are the stakes, stuck row by row
by our vinegrower's careful plan,
that harvest-heavy vines enfold
and turn us green who barren stand.
And so the bloodred wine is poured,
the fruit of earth and work of hands;
the seeds yield up a hundredfold
which drips from this unfruitful branch.

So then let me remain in you—
oh, cast me not into the fire!
Let me remain within your shoots:
myself, yet yours; your life as mine.
Though I bear nothing else but you,
bear down on me, my saving vine:
Let me bear up the heavy fruit
and taste the harvest I desire.