The Bible in Basic English BBE
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18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before 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, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
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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 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
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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 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of 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.
22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
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Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
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If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
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But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
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