John 13:16
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
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 every translation
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Verily, verily, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.