¹¹ “You are blessed when they insult you 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 saved.^(B)

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