John 15:1-5
"“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in methat does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruithe prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the wordthat I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruitby itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I amthe vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bearsmuch fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."