John 15:20

Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Text-Critical English NT

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 you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 10:24“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a servant above his master.

Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, the child's mother, “Behold, this child is appointed to bring about the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

John 5:16So the Jews began persecuting Jesus and seeking to kill him, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 8:51Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will certainly never see death.”

John 10:31Then the Jews picked up stones again 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 →

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