John 13:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.(A) 16 Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger[a] greater than the one who sent him.(B)
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- 13:16 Messenger: the Greek has apostolos, the only occurrence of the term in John. It is not used in the technical sense here.
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