John 15:20

Bear in mind what I said to you, `A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.

21But they will inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who sent me.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:24"The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.

Luke 2:34Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

John 5:16and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.

John 8:51In most solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever see death."

John 10:31Again the Jews brought stones with which 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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