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18 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
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“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
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Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
21 But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me.
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They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
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