John 15:23

He who hates me hates my Father also.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

In Context

22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.

24If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

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Cross References

1 John 2:23No one who rejects the Son has found the Father; he who acknowledges the Son has found the Father also.

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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