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"Remember the word that I said to you, '1A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, 2they will alsopersecute you; if they 3kept My word, they will keepyoursalso.
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"But allthesethings they will do to you 4for My name'ssake, 5because they do not know the One who sent Me.
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"6If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not havesin, but now they havenoexcuse for their sin.
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"7If I had not doneamong them 8the workswhichnooneelsedid, they would not havesin; but now they have bothseen and hated Me and My Father as well.
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"But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their 9Law, '10THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
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"When the 11Helpercomes, 12whom I will send to you from the Father, that is 13the Spirit of truthwhoproceeds from the Father, 14He will testifyabout Me,
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and 15you will testifyalso, because you have been with Me 16from the beginning.