John 13:16 KJV — MannaFest

John 13:16

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.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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11 verses on the floor

Luke 6:40
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Matthew 10:24
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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And the opening of these four reasons will take in the exposition of the whole story. Christ washed his disciples' feet that he might give a proof of that great love wherewith he loved them; loved them to the end,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

We need to be put in mind of this, that we are not greater than our Lord. [2.] Whatever our Master was pleased to condescend to in favour to us, we should much more condescend to in conformity to him. Christ, by humbling himself, has dignified humility, and put an honour upon it, and obliged his followers to think nothing below them but sin.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JHN 13:16JHN 3:5 EZE 36:25-27
JHN 13:16JHN 3:3 2CO 5:17
JHN 13:16JHN 3:3 JHN 3:5-6
JHN 13:16JHN 3:3 1PE 1:23-25
JHN 13:16JHN 3:5 EPH 5:26
JHN 13:16JHN 3:3 1JN 3:9
JHN 13:16JHN 3:5 ACT 2:38
JHN 13:16JHN 3:3 1JN 5:1

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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