💫WEB · John 13:16
What does John 13:16 mean?
"Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him."
— John 13:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
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