Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
When I read today’s verse in the context of this chapter, I am inclined to sort of BLEEP right over it. It is like the narrator’s voice in my head reads, “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am,” and that is what I hear. When I get to, “Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him,” I seem to hear YADDA YADDA YADDA. Why?
For one thing, this saying seems out of context. Why would Jesus suddenly mention something about who is greater?
As I ponder this passage now, I think I see why.
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