John 15:21

But everything they do to you will be because of me, for they don't know the one who sent me.

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In The King James Version

But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

In Context

20Remember what I told you: servants aren't more important than their master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they did what I told them, they would do what you tell them too.

22If I hadn't come and spoken to them, they wouldn't be guilty of sin—but now they have no excuse for their sin.

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Cross References

Isaiah 66:5Listen to what the Lord has to say, those of you who tremble when he speaks. This is what some of your people who hate you and throw you out have said: “Let the Lord be glorified, so we can see how happy you are!” but it's them who are going to be humiliated.

Matthew 10:18You will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, to witness to them and to the foreigners.

Matthew 10:39If you try to save your life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life because of me you will save it.

Luke 6:22How happy are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and curse your name as evil because of me, the Son of man.

John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. But it is God himself who glorifies me, the one you claim, ‘He is our God.’

Acts 3:17Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you did this in ignorance, like your rulers.

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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