John 13:16
Context13:16 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
Context13:20 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
Context13:38 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!
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.”