16 Truly, truly I say to you, (A)a slave is not greater than his master, nor is (B)[a]one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

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  1. John 13:16 Gr apostolos used in a non-apostolic sense

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

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  1. John 13:16 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
  2. John 13:16 tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.
  3. John 13:16 tn Or “nor is the apostle” (“apostle” means “one who is sent” in Greek).