John 15:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant 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 yours also.

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  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
  • Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hardhearted.
  • Matt 10:24 : 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
  • 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men:
  • John 13:16 : 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
  • Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground: he has no form or beauty; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
  • Acts 4:27-30 : 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 By stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.
  • Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers, 53 Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not above his master: but everyone who is perfect shall be as his master.
  • John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring such things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might seize him.

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

    15From now on I call you not servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

    16You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.

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

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

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

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

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

    16Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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

  • Matt 10:22-25
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    22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.

    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

    24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

    25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those 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, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 16:1-4
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    1I have spoken these things to you so that you may not be offended.

    2They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

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

    4But I have told you these things, so when the time comes, you may remember I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

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

    11Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so 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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    24He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

    25These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

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

    8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples.

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

    10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.

    11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

    12This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

  • Mark 13:9
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    9But take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you to councils; and in the synagogues you shall be beaten; and you shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

  • John 12:26
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    26If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.

  • Luke 21:17
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    17And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.

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

    24If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

    25But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

  • John 13:35
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    35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • John 14:28
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    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  • Luke 21:12
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    12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers 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 the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

    18And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

  • John 15:4
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

  • John 16:32-33
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    32Behold, the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

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

  • John 15:27
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    27And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

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

  • Luke 10:16
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    16He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.

  • Luke 22:28
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    28You are they which have continued with me in my trials.