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Parallel YHN 13:16

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BI Yhn 13:16 ©

OET (OET-RV)

[ref]I can assure you that a slave isn’t greater than his master, and an missionary isn’t greater than the king who sends him.

13:16: Mat 10:24; Luk 6:40; Jn 15:20.

OET-LVTruly, truly, I_am_saying to_you_all, is not a_slave greater than the master of_him, nor an_ambassador greater than the one having_sent him.

SR-GNTἈμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν. 
   (Amaʸn, amaʸn, legō humin, ouk estin doulos meizōn tou kuriou autou, oude apostolos meizōn tou pempsantos auton.)

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one having sent him.

UST I am telling you the truth: Just as a servant is not more important than his master, nor is a messenger more important than the person who has sent him, you are not more important than me.


BSB Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

BLB Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one having sent him.

AICNT “Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is an apostle greater than the one who sent him.

OEBIn truth I tell you, a servant is not greater than their master, neither is a messenger greater than the one who sends them.

WEBMost certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

NET I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

LSV truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

FBV I tell you the truth, servants are not more important than their master, and the one sent is not greater than the sender.

TCNTTruly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

T4T Listen to this carefully: A servant is not greater than his master. A messenger is not greater than the one who has sent him. So, since you are not greater than I am, you should not be proud and unwilling to serve each other.

LEB Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

BBE Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

MOFNo MOF YHN (JHN) book available

ASV 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.

DRA Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him.

YLT verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

DBY Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

RV 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.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.

BB Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.
  (Verily/Truly, verily/truly, I say unto you: The servant is not greater the his master, neither the messenger greater then he that sent him.)

GNV Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.
  (Verily/Truly, verily/truly I say unto you, The servant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.)

CB Verely verely I saye vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde, nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him.
  (Verily/Truly verily/truly I say unto you: the servant is not greater then his lorde, neither is the Apostell greater then he that sent him.)

TNT Verely verely I saye vnto you the servaunt is not greater then his master nether the messenger greater then he that sent him.
  (Verily/Truly verily/truly I say unto you the servant is not greater then his master neither the messenger greater then he that sent him.)

WYC Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, the seruaunt is not grettere than his lord, nether an apostle is grettere than he that sente hym.
  (Truly, truly, I say to you, the servant is not greatere than his lord, neither an apostle is greatere than he that sent him.)

LUT Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, der Knecht ist nicht größer denn sein Herr noch der Apostel größer, denn der ihn gesandt hat.
  (Wahrlich, wahrlich, I sage you, the Knecht is not größer because his Herr still the Apostel größer, because the him/it sent hat.)

CLV Amen, amen dico vobis: non est servus major domino suo: neque apostolus major est eo qui misit illum.
  (Amen, amen dico vobis: not/no it_is servus mayor domino suo: neque apostolus mayor it_is eo who misit illum.)

UGNT ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν.
  (amaʸn, amaʸn, legō humin, ouk estin doulos meizōn tou kuriou autou, oude apostolos meizōn tou pempsantos auton.)

SBL-GNT ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν.
  (amaʸn amaʸn legō humin, ouk estin doulos meizōn tou kuriou autou oude apostolos meizōn tou pempsantos auton.)

TC-GNT Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, Οὐκ ἔστι δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν.
  (Amaʸn amaʸn legō humin, Ouk esti doulos meizōn tou kuriou autou, oude apostolos meizōn tou pempsantos auton.)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

13:16 slaves are not greater than their master: This proverb was popular and appears in many places (see also 15:20; Matt 10:24; Luke 6:40). Here, Jesus meant that the sacrifice modeled by the master should be seen in the life of the servant.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν

truly truly ˱I˲_/am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all

Jesus uses this phrase to emphasize the truth of the statement that follows. See how you translated this phrase in 1:51.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν

not is /a/_slave greater_‹than› the master ˱of˲_him nor /an/_ambassador greater_‹than› the_‹one› /having/_sent him

Here, greater means to be more important or deserving of more respect than another person. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “a slave is not respected more than his master, nor is a messenger respected more than the one who sent him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν

not is /a/_slave greater_‹than› the master ˱of˲_him nor /an/_ambassador greater_‹than› the_‹one› /having/_sent him

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The repetition is used to emphasize that Jesus’ disciples are not more important than him, so they should humbly serve each other. If your language does not use repetition in this way, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “none of you are greater than me”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ

not is /a/_slave greater_‹than› the master ˱of˲_him

Jesus uses the words slave and master to refer to his disciples and himself, respectively. He is telling his disciples that they should humbly serve each other because they are not more important than him, and he has humbly served them. If this might confuse your readers, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express Jesus’ meaning plainly. Alternative translation, “you are not greater than me”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐδὲ ἀπόστολος μείζων τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν

nor /an/_ambassador greater_‹than› the_‹one› /having/_sent him

Jesus uses messenger and the one who sent him to refer to his disciples and himself, respectively. He is telling his disciples that they should humbly serve each other because they are not more important than him, and he has humbly served them. If this might confuse your readers, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express Jesus’ meaning plainly. Alternative translation, “and you are not greater than me”

BI Yhn 13:16 ©