John 15:1 meaning and explanation

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

John 15:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus speaks these words to his disciples on the night before his death, after washing their feet and before his arrest. Israel's Scriptures often picture the nation as a vine that failed to yield good fruit, so when Jesus calls himself the true vine he presents himself as the faithful one Israel was meant to be.

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