The Tree, the Fruit and the Gardener is an adaptation of John 15: 1-6
Jesus said: ‘Essentially, I’m the tree and my Father’s the gardener. He’ll cut off every branch I’ve got that doesn’t have any fruit and every branch that does have fruit gets cleaned up so it grows even more fruit. You folks are already clean, because I’ve taught you. Stay with me and I’ll stay with you. Branches can’t grow fruit by themselves, they’ve got to stay part of the tree.
Well, I’m the tree, you’re the branches. If you stay with me and me with you, you’ll bear loads of fruit, but leave me and you won’t be able to do anything. People who don’t stick with me, they’re like a branch that falls on the ground and dies, branches that get picked up, popped into the incinerator and burned.’
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