I am the vine

  I am the vine,
You are the branches;
He who abides in Me
And I in him,
He bears much fruit,
For apart from Me,
Apart from Me
You can do nothing.
  Abide in Me
And I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself
Unless it abides
In the vine
So neither can you unless you abide in Me.
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Tara

Dallas, TX, United States

To me, this is one of the most profound bits of scripture. We are branches, inexorably joined to and indistinguishable from Christ the Vine. Without this organic union, we not only can do nothing, we are nothing.