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


In Context

13 You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for so I am.

14 If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.

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

17 If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.

18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me, shall lift 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has 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.