John 15:20

'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

Young's Literal Translation

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 of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not — but I chose out of the world — because of this the world hateth you.

21but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed?

Matthew 10:24'A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

Luke 2:34and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, 'Lo, this [one] is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against —

John 5:16and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

John 8:51verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see — to the age.'

John 10:31Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may 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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