凡在我身上不結實的枝條，他便剪掉；凡結實的，他就清理，使他結更多的果實。

若望福音 15:1-5

我是真葡萄樹，我父是園丁。凡在我身上不結實的枝條，他便剪掉；凡結實的，他就清理，使他結更多的果實；你們因我對你們所講的話，已是清潔的了。你們住在我內，我也住在你們內。正如枝條若不留在葡萄樹上，憑自己不能結實；你們若不住在我內，也一無所能。我是葡萄樹，你們是枝條；那住在我內，我也住在他內的，他就結許多的果實，因為離了我，你們什麼也不能作。

John 15:1-5

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 every one 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.