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.


In Context

13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

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

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

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.

17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye 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 hath lifted up his heel against me.

John 13:16 in Other Translations

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 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.