John 13:13

“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that's who I am.

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In The King James Version

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

In Context

12After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his robe back on, and sat down. “Do you understand what I've done to you?” he asked them.

14So if I, your Teacher and Lord, washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven—only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

Luke 6:46So why do you bother to call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ when you don't do what I say?

Luke 10:28“You're right,” Jesus told him. “Do this, and you will live.”

Romans 14:8If we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord—so whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:3Let me make it clear to you: no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, “Curse Jesus!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord!” except by the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 3:8Truly, I count everything as loss in exchange for the incredible benefit I've gained through knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I've thrown away all these things for him, and consider them trash, so that I might gain Christ.

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 →

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