²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ^(A)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(B)they will also persecute you. ^(C)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But ^(D)all these things they will do to you ^(E)on account of my name, ^(F)because they do not know him who sent me.

⁷ “Blessed are ^(A)the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

^9 (A)“But ^(B)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten ^(C)in synagogues, and you will stand before ^(D)governors and ^(E)kings for my sake, ^(F)to bear witness before them.