John 13:16
Truly, truly, I say to you, a bondman is not greater than his lord, nor is an apostle greater than he who sent him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you ye also should do.
17If ye have seen these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
Cross References
Luke 6:40A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher.
John 3:5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →