18"1If the worldhates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
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"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but 2I chose you out of the world, 3because of this* the worldhates you.
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"Remember the word that I said to you, '4A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, 5they will alsopersecute you; if they 6kept My word, they will keepyoursalso.
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"But allthesethings they will do to you 7for My name'ssake, 8because they do not know the One who sent Me.
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"9If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not havesin, but now they havenoexcuse for their sin.