John 13:16
In truth I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor yet a messenger than the man who sends him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
15for I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.
17Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
Cross References
Luke 6:40A scholar is not above his teacher; yet every finished scholar shall be like his teacher.
John 3:5“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter 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 →