Yohanes 13:16

13:16 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  the slave ²  is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger ³  greater than the one who sent him.

Yohanes 13:20

13:20 I tell you the solemn truth, ⁴  whoever accepts ⁵  the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” ⁶ 

[13:16]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[13:16]  ² tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

[13:16]  ³ tn Or “nor is the apostle” (“apostle” means “one who is sent” in Greek).

[13:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[13:20]  ⁵ tn Or “receives,” and so throughout this verse.

[13:20]  ⁶ sn The one who sent me refers to God.