John 15:20

¹⁸ If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

¹⁹ If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

²¹ But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
ASV: Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
DARBY: Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.
BLB: Remember the word that I said to you⁺: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you⁺; if they kept My word, they will keep yours⁺ also.

ÅB: Kom det ord i hu som jeg sa dere: En tjener er ikke større enn sin herre! Har de forfulgt meg, så skal de også forfølge dere; har de holdt mitt ord, så skal de også holde deres.
OTB: Husk ordet jeg sa til dere: 'En tjener er ikke større enn sin herre.' Hvis de forfulgte meg, vil de også forfølge dere; hvis de holdt mitt ord, vil de også holde deres.
B1930: Kom det ord i hu som jeg sa eder: En tjener er ikke større enn sin herre! Har de forfulgt mig, så skal de også forfølge eder; har de holdt mitt ord, så skal de også holde eders.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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John 13:16
Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
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Matthew 10:24
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
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1 Corinthians 4:12
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
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2 Corinthians 4:9
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
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Luke 6:40
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
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Isaiah 53:1–3
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
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