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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 15:1 | I am the true vyne, and my father is on husband man. |
| 15:2 | Euery braunche that beareth not frute in me, he wyll take awaye. And euerye braunche that beareth frute, wil he pourge, that it maye bryng more frute. |
| 15:3 | Now are ye cleane thorowe the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you. |
| 15:4 | Byde in me, and let me byde in you. As the braunche can not beare frute of it selfe, except it byde in the vyne no more can ye except ye abyde in me. |
| 15:5 | I am the vyne, and ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me, and I in him, the same bryngeth forth muche frute. For without me can ye do nothynge. |
| 15:6 | Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast forth as a braunche, and is wythered: and men gather it, and cast it into the fyre, and it burneth. |
| 15:7 | Yf ye hyd in me and my wordes also hyd in you: axe what ye wyll, and it shalbe done to you. |
| 15:8 | Here is my father glorifyed that ye beare muche fruyte, and be made my disciples. |
| 15:9 | As the father hath loued me, euen so haue I loued you. Continue in my loue. |
| 15:10 | Yf ye shal kepe my commaundementes, ye shall byde in my loue, euen as I haue kepte my fathers commaundementes, and abyde in hys loue. |
| 15:11 | These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye myght remayne in you, and that youre ioye myght be full. |
| 15:12 | This is my commaundement, that ye loue together as I haue loued you. |
| 15:13 | Greater loue then thys hath no man, then that a man bestowe hys lyfe for hys frendes. |
| 15:14 | Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you. |
| 15:15 | Henceforth call I you not seruauntes: for the seruaunt knoweth not what hys lorde doth. But you haue I called frendes, for all thynges that I haue heard of my father, I haue opened vnto you. |
| 15:16 | Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you, that ye go & bringe forth frute, and that your frute remayne, and that whatsoeuer ye shall axe of the father in my name, he shoulde geue it to you. |
| 15:17 | Thys commaunde I you, that ye loue together. |
| 15:18 | Yf the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you. |
| 15:19 | Yf ye were of the worlde, the worlde woulde loue his owne. Howe be it because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde, therfore hateth you the worlde. |
| 15:20 | Remember the saiyng that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde, yf they haue persecuted me, so wyll they persecute you: yf they haue kept my saiynges, so wyll they kepe yours. |
| 15:21 | But all these thinges wyll they do vnto you, for my names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me. |
| 15:22 | Yf I had not come, and spoken vnto them, they should not haue had synne: but now haue they nothynge to cloke theyr synne with all. |
| 15:23 | He that hateth me, hateth my father. |
| 15:24 | If I had not done workes among them which none other man dyd, they had not had synne. But now haue they sene, & yet haue hated both me & my father: |
| 15:25 | euen that the saiyng might be fulfilled that is writen in their lawe: they hated me without a cause. |
| 15:26 | But when the comforter is come, whome I will sende vnto you from the father, which is the spirite of truth, which proceadeth of the father, he shall testify of me. |
| 15:27 | And ye shall beare witnes, also because ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.