¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you^(A) so that you might go and bear fruit^(B)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.^{(C) 17} This is my command: Love each other.^(D)

The World Hates the Disciples

¹⁸ “If the world hates you,^(E) keep in mind that it hated me first.