John 15:20

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Remember the word I spoke 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 also keep yours.

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  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  • Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. The entire house of Israel is hard-headed and stubborn-hearted.
  • Matt 10:24 : 24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above the master.
  • 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
  • John 13:16 : 16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
  • Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty to attract us to him, and no appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.
  • Acts 4:27-30 : 27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.' 28 'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.' 29 'And now, Lord, consider their threats and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness.' 30 Stretch out your hand to heal, and let signs and wonders take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
  • Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him— 53 you who received the law through angels but have not obeyed it. 54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 He said, 'Look, I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.' 57 At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him. 58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' When he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed.
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
  • John 5:16 : 16 Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
  • John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, so the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
  • John 8:59 : 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple, passing through the midst of them, and went on his way.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Again, the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it so that they could arrest him.

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  • John 15:14-19
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    14You are my friends if you do what I command.

    15I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know what his master is doing. Instead, I have called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.

    16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

    17This is my command: Love one another.

    18If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.

    19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

  • John 15:21
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    21But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

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

    16Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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

  • Matt 10:22-25
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    22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

    23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

    24A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above the master.

    25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!

  • John 17:14
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    14I have given them Your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

  • John 16:1-4
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    1I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

    2They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

    3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

    4I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you.

  • Matt 5:10-12
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    10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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

  • John 14:24-25
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    24The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.

    25I have spoken these things to you while remaining with you.

  • John 15:7-12
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    7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

    8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples.

    9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.

    10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

    11I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

    12This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.

  • Mark 13:9
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    9'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'

  • John 12:26
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    26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

  • Luke 21:17
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    17Everyone will hate you because of my name.

  • John 15:23-25
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    23Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

    24If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

    25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'

  • John 13:35
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    35'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'

  • John 14:28
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    28You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

  • Luke 21:12
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    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.

  • John 17:16
    71%

    16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

  • Matt 10:17-18
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    17But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues.

    18You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.

  • John 15:4
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    4Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

  • John 16:32-33
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    32'Look, the hour is coming—in fact, it has already arrived—when you will be scattered, each to your own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.'

    33'I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble. But take courage! I have overcome the world.'

  • John 15:27
    71%

    27And you also must testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

  • John 14:20
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    20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

  • Luke 10:16
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    16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.

  • Luke 22:28
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    28You are the ones who have stood by me in my trials.