¹¹ “You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me. ¹² Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted^(B) the prophets who were before you.^(C)

²² You will be hated by everyone because of My name.^(A) But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.^[a](B)

³⁴ “You were born entirely in sin,”^(A) they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.^[a](B)

Persecutions Predicted

¹⁸ “If the world hates^(A) you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen^(B) you out of it, the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’^(C) If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word,^(D) they will also keep yours.