John 17:14

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I have given them your word, and the world hated them because they do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.

Cross References

John 17:16

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

John 8:23

Jesus replied, “You people are from below [i.e., from the earthly realm]; I am from above [i.e., from the heavenly realm]. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil.

1 John 3:12

not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].

John 17:8

because I have given them the message you gave me, and they accepted it. They [also] knew for certain that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

1 John 3:13

So, do not be surprised, brothers, if the people of the world hate you.

Mark 10:39

And they said to Him, “[Yes], we are able to.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup [of suffering] that I [will] drink, you [also] will drink. And the immersion [with agony] with which I am [to be] immersed, you [also] will be immersed.