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John 13:16
Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.
John 13:16 · Darby Bible
John 13:16 in other translations
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.
Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
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In context
13 Ye call me the Teacher and the Lord, and ye say well, for I am [so].
14 If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;
15 for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.
16 Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.
17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all. I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
19 I tell you [it] now before it happens, that when it happens, ye may believe that I am [he].
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