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


In Context

13 You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.

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

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

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

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

18 I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who 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 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 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.