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John 13:18 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.”

John 13:18

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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.

17

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

18

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

19

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am {he}. {Now: or, From henceforth}

20

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

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