Yohanes 13:16-17

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. 13:17 If you understand ⁴  these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

[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).

[13:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “If you know.”