John 15:20

"Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not better than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

Montgomery New Testament

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

19"If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

21"But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:24"A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his masters.

Luke 2:34"Behold this child is set for the falling and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

John 5:16and because of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he had done it on the Sabbath.

John 8:51"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one obeys my teaching he shall never behold death."

John 10:31The Jews again took stones with which to stone him. Jesus said to them.

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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