John 15:20 · 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.”
— John 15:20
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.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
John 15 — Context
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.
19If 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.
20Remember 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.
21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. {cloke: or, excuse}
Cross References
2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
John 13:16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
Matthew 10:24
The disciple is not above {his} master, nor the servant above his lord.
Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel {are} impudent and hardhearted. {impudent...: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart}
1 Corinthians 4:12
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
2 Corinthians 4:9
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Luke 6:40
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. {that...: or, shall be perfected as his master}