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# You are already clean because of the message that I have spoken to you
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The implied metaphor here is the "clean branches" that have already been "pruned." Alternate translation: "It is as if you have already been pruned and are clean branches because you have obeyed what I have taught you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# you
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The word "you" throughout this passage is plural and refers to the disciples of Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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