20 Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’o If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word,p they will also keep yours. 21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name,q because they don’t knowr the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.s Now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates me also hates my Father.t 24 If I had not done the worksu among them that no one else has done,v they would not be guilty of sin.w Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled:x They hated me for no reason.C,y

THE COUNSELOR’S MINISTRY

26 “When the Counselorz comes, the one I will send to you from the Fatheraa—the Spirit of truthab who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 You also will testify,ac because you have been with me from the beginning.