John 13:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not above his master: but everyone who is perfect shall be as his master.
  • Matt 10:24-25 : 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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  • Matt 10:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

    25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?

  • John 13:20
    78%

    20Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

  • John 15:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

    21But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me.

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26But you shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that serves.

    27For which is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? But I am among you as he who serves.

  • John 13:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you?

    13You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.

    14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

    15For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

  • Matt 23:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10Neither be called teachers: for one is your Teacher, the Christ.

    11But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

  • Luke 6:40
    75%

    40The disciple is not above his master: but everyone who is perfect shall be as his master.

  • John 12:26
    73%

    26If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.

  • John 7:16
    73%

    16Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

  • Luke 10:16
    72%

    16He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.

  • John 13:17
    72%

    17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

  • John 15:15
    71%

    15From now on I call you not servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

  • John 14:28
    71%

    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  • Mark 10:43-44
    2 verses
    71%

    43But it shall not be so among you: but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant:

    44And whoever of you desires to be first shall be servant of all.

  • Luke 17:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

    8Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

    9Does he thank that servant because he did what was commanded? I think not.

    10So likewise you, when you have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done what was our duty to do.

  • John 17:18
    71%

    18As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

  • Luke 16:13
    71%

    13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

  • Matt 20:26-27
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    71%

    26But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

    27And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

  • John 14:12
    71%

    12Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to my Father.

  • John 8:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

    35And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever.

  • John 12:44-45
    2 verses
    70%

    44Then Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

    45And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 3:34
    70%

    34For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.

  • Matt 10:40
    70%

    40He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

  • Matt 11:11
    70%

    11Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • Luke 12:43
    70%

    43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

  • John 7:18
    70%

    18He who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  • Luke 7:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

    28For I say to you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

  • Matt 12:17
    69%

    17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • John 12:49
    69%

    49For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

  • John 3:28
    69%

    28You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.

  • John 15:12
    69%

    12This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.