15 For I have given you an example, (A)that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, (B)a servant[a] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, (C)blessed are you if you do them.

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Footnotes

  1. John 13:16 Or bondservant, or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.(A) 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,(B) nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.(C)

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