John 15:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
  • Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
  • Matt 10:24 : 24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
  • 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
  • John 13:16 : 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.
  • Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
  • Acts 4:27-30 : 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass. 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, 30 while thy stretchest forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
  • Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; 53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not. 54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. 57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
  • John 5:16 : 16 And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
  • John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
  • John 8:59 : 59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
  • John 10:31 : 31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.

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  • John 15:14-19
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

    15No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.

    16Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

    17These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

    18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.

    19If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  • John 15:21
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    21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  • John 13:15-17
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    15For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

    16Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

    17If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

  • Matt 10:22-25
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    22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

    24A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

    25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!

  • John 17:14
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    14I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 16:1-4
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    1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

    2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

    3And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

    4But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.

  • Matt 5:10-12
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    10Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

  • John 14:15
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    15If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

  • John 14:24-25
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    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

    25These things have I spoken unto you, while [yet] abiding with you.

  • John 15:7-12
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    7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

    8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.

    9Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

    11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.

    12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

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    9But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.

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    26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

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    17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

  • John 15:23-25
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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

    24If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

    25But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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    35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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    28Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

  • Luke 21:12
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    12But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

  • John 17:16
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    16They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

  • Matt 10:17-18
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    17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;

    18yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

  • John 16:32-33
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    32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

    33These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  • John 15:27
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    27and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

  • John 14:20
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    20In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

  • Luke 10:16
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    16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

  • Luke 22:28
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    28But ye are they that have continued with me in my temptations;