John 15:20
Remember my saying that I told you: The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
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In Context
21But all these things they will do to you because of my name, for they do not know him who sent me.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above the teacher, nor is the servant above his master.
Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and he said to his mother Mary: “Behold, this one has been set for the ruin and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and as a sign which will be contradicted.
John 5:16Because of this, the Jews were persecuting Jesus, for he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
John 8:51Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone will have kept my word, he will not see death for eternity.”
John 10:31Therefore, the Jews took up stones, in order to 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 →