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  • John 13:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 16 Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

  • John 13:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 16 ἀμὴν Amen ἀμὴν amen λέγω I am saying ὑμῖν, to YOU, οὐκ not ἔστιν is δοῦλος slave μείζων greater τοῦ of the κυρίου lord αὐτοῦ of him οὐδὲ nor ἀπόστολος apostle μείζων greater τοῦ of the (one) πέμψαντος having sent αὐτόν. him.

  • John 13:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 16 Most truly I say to YOU, A slave is not greater than his master, nor is one that is sent forth* greater than the one that sent him.+

  • John 13:16
    The Bible in Living English
    • 16 Verily, verily I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a representative than his sender.

  • John 13:16
    American Standard Version
    • 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

  • John 13:16
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 16 Verily, verily I say unto you—A servant is not greater than his lord, Neither one sent forth greater than he that sent him.

  • John 13:16
    King James Version
    • 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 13:16 gt chapter 113; w90 6/15 9; w86 12/1 14-15

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 13:16 g68 8/8 27; w62 591, 661; wr 41; w44 168; w43 85

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 13:16

      The Watchtower,

      6/15/1990, p. 9

      12/1/1986, pp. 14-15

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 13:16

      one who is sent: Or “a messenger (an envoy); an apostle.” The Greek word a·poʹsto·los (derived from the verb a·po·stelʹlo, meaning “to send out”) is rendered “apostle(s)” in 78 of the 80 occurrences in the Christian Greek Scriptures. (At Php 2:25, this Greek word is rendered “envoy.”) The only occurrence of the Greek term in John’s Gospel is in this verse.​—Mt 10:5; Lu 11:49; 14:32; see study notes on Mt 10:2; Mr 3:14 and Glossary, “Apostle.”

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