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1. AFTER these
things Jesus spake saying unto them: I am the true vine, and my Parent is
the vinedresser. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit is taken away:
and every branch that beareth fruit, is purged that it may bring forth more
fruit.
2. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except
it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the tree,
ye are the branches: Whoso abide in me and I in them, the same bring forth
much fruit; for without me ye do nothing.
3. If any abide not in me, they are cast forth as useless branches, and they
wither away; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it will be done unto you.
4. Verily, I am the true Bread which cometh down out of Heaven, even the Substance
of God which is one with the Life of God. And, as many grains are in one bread,
so are ye, who believe, and do the will of my Parent, one in me. Not as your
ancestors did eat manna and are dead; but they who eat this Bread shall live
for ever.
5. As the wheat is separated from the chaff, so must ye be separated from the
falsities of the world; yet must ye not go out of the world, but live separate
in the world, for the life of the world.
6. Verily, verily, the wheat is parched by fire, so must ye my disciples pass
through tribulations. But rejoice ye: for having suffered with me as one body
ye shall reign with me in one body, and give life to the world.
7. Herein is my Parent glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my
disciples. As the All-Parent hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye
in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as
I have kept my Parent's commandments, and abide in the spirit of love.
8. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and
that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another,
as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friend Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
9. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his
lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard
of my Parent I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should remain: that whatsoever ye shall
ask of the All-Parent in my Name, ye may receive.
10. These things I command you, that ye love one another and all the creatures
of God. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not
of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world' therefore the world hateth
you.
11. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than
his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they
have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they
do unto you for my Name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
12. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they
have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Parent also. If I
had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had
sin: but now have they, have seen and hated both me and my Parent. But this
cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law,
They hated me without a cause.
13. But when the Comforter is come, Whom I will send unto you from the All
Parent, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father and the
Mother the same shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because
ye have been with me from the beginning.
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