John 13:16
“Uerily, verily I say vnto you, the seruant is not greater then his lord, neither he that is sent, greater then hee that sent him.”
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John 13:16 Context
14If I then your Lord and Master haue washed your feete, yee also ought to wash one anothers feete. 15For I haue giuen you an example, that yee should doe, as I haue done to you. 16Uerily, verily I say vnto you, the seruant is not greater then his lord, neither he that is sent, greater then hee that sent him. 17If yee know these things, happy are ye if ye doe them. 18¶ I speake not of you all, I know whom I haue chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with mee, hath lift vp his heele against me.
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Other Translations for John 13:16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
- King James Version
"Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor {is} one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.
- Basic English Bible
Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.
- Darby Bible
Verily, verily, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
- Webster's Bible
In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him.
- Weymouth Bible
Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
- World English Bible
Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, the seruaunt is not grettere than his lord, nether an apostle is grettere than he that sente hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for John 13:16
13:16 The servant is not greater than his lord - Nor therefore ought to think much of either doing or suffering the same things.