John 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.

John 13:20-21

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 

13:21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed ⁷  in spirit, and testified, ⁸  “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁹  one of you will betray me.” ¹⁰ 

John 13:38

13:38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? ¹¹  I tell you the solemn truth, ¹²  the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

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¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

² tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

³ tn Or “nor is the apostle” (“apostle” means “one who is sent” in Greek).

⁴ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

⁵ tn Or “receives,” and so throughout this verse.

⁶ sn The one who sent me refers to God.

⁷ tn Or “greatly troubled.”

⁸ tn Grk “and testified and said.”

⁹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

¹⁰ tn Or “will hand me over.”

¹¹ tn Or “Will you die willingly for me?”

¹² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”