16Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.


In Context

13 Ye call me the Teacher and the Lord, and ye say well, for I am so.

14 If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;

15 for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.

16 Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

18 I speak not of you all. I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.

John 13:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:16I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16Verily, verily, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.