I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. By a figure familiar to Jewish ears (Isaiah 5:1; ; etc.) Jesus here beautifully sets forth the spiritual Oneness of Himself and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness.

I am the true vine - of which the natural vine is no more than a shadow.

And my Father is the farmer - the great Proprietor of the Vineyard, the Lord of the spiritual Kingdom.

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