John 13:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.
  • Matt 10:24-25 : 24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

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  • Matt 10:24-25
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    81%

    24“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

    25It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!

  • John 13:20
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    20I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

  • John 15:20-21
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    20Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

    21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    77%

    26Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

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

  • John 13:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them,“Do you understand what I have done for you?

    13You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

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

    15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    76%

    10Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.

    11The greatest among you will be your servant.

  • Luke 6:40
    75%

    40A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

  • John 12:26
    73%

    26If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

  • John 7:16
    73%

    16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

  • Luke 10:16
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    16“The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

  • John 13:17
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    17If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

  • John 5:38
    72%

    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • John 15:15
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    15I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

  • John 14:28
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    28You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

  • Mark 10:43-44
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    43But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

    44and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

  • Luke 17:7-10
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    7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

    9He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

    10So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say,‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”

  • John 17:18
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    18Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

  • Luke 16:13
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    13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

  • Matt 20:26-27
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    26It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

    27and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave–

  • John 5:19
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    19So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

  • John 14:12
    71%

    12I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

  • John 8:34-35
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    34Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

    35The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

  • John 12:44-45
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    44Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

    45and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

  • John 3:34
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    34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

  • Matt 10:40
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    40Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

  • Matt 11:11
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    11“I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is!

  • John 5:23
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    23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

  • John 5:36
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    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • Luke 12:43
    70%

    43Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.

  • John 7:18
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    18The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • Luke 7:27-28
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    69%

    27This is the one about whom it is written,‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

    28I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”

  • Matt 12:17
    69%

    17This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

  • John 12:49
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    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

  • John 3:28
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    28You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’

  • John 15:12
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    12My commandment is this– to love one another just as I have loved you.