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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)

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20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](A) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(B) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

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  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

12 Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.(A)

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12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,(A)

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16 Very truly, I tell you, slaves are not greater than their master, nor are messengers[a] greater than the one who sent them.(A)

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  1. 13.16 Or apostles

16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,(A) nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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24 “A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master;(A)

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24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.(A)

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But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me, because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.(A)

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But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(B)

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persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,

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persecuted,(A) but not abandoned;(B) struck down, but not destroyed.(C)

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12 and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;(A)

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12 We work hard with our own hands.(A) When we are cursed, we bless;(B) when we are persecuted,(C) we endure it;

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27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[a] Jesus, whom you anointed,(A) 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. 29 And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,(B) 30 while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant[b] Jesus.”(C)

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  1. 4.27 Or child
  2. 4.30 Or child

27 Indeed Herod(A) and Pontius Pilate(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(C) whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.(D) 29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.(E) 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders(F) through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”(G)

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51 Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.”(A)

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51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”(A)

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15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets[a] and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone(A)

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  1. 2.15 Other ancient authorities read their own prophets

15 who killed the Lord Jesus(A) and the prophets(B) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone

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31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(A)

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40 A disciple is not above the teacher, but every disciple who is fully qualified will be like the teacher.(A)

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40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.(A)

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53 Who has believed what we have heard?
    And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?(A)
For he grew up before him like a young plant
    and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.(B)
He was despised and rejected by others;
    a man of suffering[a] and acquainted with infirmity,
and as one from whom others hide their faces[b]
    he was despised, and we held him of no account.(C)

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  1. 53.3 Or a man of sorrows
  2. 53.3 Or as one who hides his face from us

53 Who has believed our message(A)
    and to whom has the arm(B) of the Lord been revealed?(C)
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(D)
    and like a root(E) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance(F) that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(G) and familiar with pain.(H)
Like one from whom people hide(I) their faces
    he was despised,(J) and we held him in low esteem.

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