John 15:20
Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:1Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?
Matthew 10:24A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.
Luke 2:34And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
John 5:16And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
John 8:51Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
John 10:31Then the Jews took up stones again to send at 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 →