John 13:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wyll also persecute you. If they haue kept my saying, they wyll kepe yours also.
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not aboue his maister: But whosoeuer wylbe a perfect disciple, shalbe as his maister is.
  • Matt 10:24-25 : 24 The disciple is not aboue the maister, nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde. 25 It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his maister is: and that the seruaunt, be as his lorde is. If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub: howe much more shall they call them of his householde so?
  • John 3:5 : 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne agayne, he can not see the kyngdome of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 81%

    24The disciple is not aboue the maister, nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde.

    25It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his maister is: and that the seruaunt, be as his lorde is. If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub: howe much more shall they call them of his householde so?

  • 20Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me: And he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.

  • 78%

    20Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wyll also persecute you. If they haue kept my saying, they wyll kepe yours also.

    21But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake, because they haue not knowe hym that sent me.

  • 77%

    26But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.

    27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.

  • 76%

    12So, after he had wasshed their feete, and receaued his clothes, and was set downe agayne, he sayde vnto them: Wote ye what I haue done to you?

    13Ye call me Maister, and Lorde, and ye say well, for so am I.

    14If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete.

    15For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you.

  • 76%

    10Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister euen Christe.

    11He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt.

  • 40The disciple is not aboue his maister: But whosoeuer wylbe a perfect disciple, shalbe as his maister is.

  • 26If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.

  • 16Iesus aunswered them, & sayde: My doctrine is not myne, but his yt sent me.

  • 16He that heareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth hym that sent me.

  • 17Yf ye knowe these thynges, happy are ye, yf ye do them.

  • 38His worde haue ye not abydyng in you: For who he hath set, him ye beleue not.

  • 15Hencefoorth call I you not seruautes: for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth. But you haue I called frendes, for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father, haue I made knowen to you.

  • 28Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you, I go away, and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loued me, ye woulde veryly reioyce, because I sayde, I go vnto the father: for the father is greater then I.

  • 71%

    43Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister:

    44And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all.

  • Luke 17:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

    7But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    8And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

    9Doth he thanke that seruaunt, because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym? I trowe not.

    10So lykewyse ye, when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruauntes, We haue done that which was our duetie to do.

  • 18As thou diddest sende me into ye world, eue so haue I also sent the into ye world.

  • 13No man can serue two maisters: For either he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els, he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serue God, and Mammon.

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    26It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister:

    27And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.

  • 19Then aunswered Iesus, & sayde vnto them: Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, the sonne can do nothyng of hym selfe, but that he seeth ye father do: For whatsoeuer he doeth, that doeth the sonne also.

  • 12Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, he that beleueth on me, the workes that I do, the same shal he do also, and greater workes then these shall he do, because I go vnto the father.

  • John 8:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34Iesus aunswered them: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer comitteth sinne, is the seruaunt of sinne.

    35And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer.

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    44Iesus cryed, and sayde: He that beleueth on me, beleueth not on me, but on hym that sent me.

    45And he that seeth me, seeth hym that sent me.

  • 34For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym.

  • 40He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.

  • 11Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

  • 23Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym.

  • 36But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.

  • 43Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.

  • 18He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.

  • Luke 7:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27This is he, of whom it is written: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

    28For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he.

  • 17That it might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esaias the prophete, saying:

  • 49For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I shoulde speake.

  • 28Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym.

  • 12This is my commaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you.