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John 13:16
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14 aIf I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, byou also ought to wash one another’s feet.  
15 For aI have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.  
16 aMost assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.  
17 aIf you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.  

Jesus Identifies His Betrayer

18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the aScripture may be fulfilled, b‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’  
19 aNow I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He.  
Verse Comparison: John 13:16

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American Standard Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

Amplified® Bible
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, A servant is not greater than his master, and no one who is sent is superior to the one who sent him.

Contemporary English Version
I tell you for certain that servants are not greater than their master, and messengers are not greater than the one who sent them.

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

Good News Bible
I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.

International Standard Version
Truly, truly I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor {is} one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

New International Version
I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

New King James Version
Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave has no more greatness than his master, nor does the one sent consider himself greater than the one who sent him.

Young's Literal Translation
verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

New English Translation
I tell you the solemn truth,1 the slave2 is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger3 greater than the one who sent him.


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