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


In Context

13 ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;

14 if then I did wash your feet — the Lord and the Teacher — ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 'For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

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

17 if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

18 not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

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 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 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.