John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

In Context

19If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.

21But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed?

Matthew 10:24A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a bondman above his lord.

Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated

John 5:16And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on a Sabbath.

John 8:51Truly, truly, I say to you, if any man keeps my word, he will, no, not see death, into the age.

John 10:31Therefore again the Jews took up stones so that they might stone him.

Matthew Henry on John 15:19-26

Hatred and Persecution Foretold. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you… Read the whole commentary →

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