John 15:1

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.

The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.

But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.

I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

“In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.

Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.

the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.

His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.