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.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Verily, verily I say to you, The slave is not greater than his Lord, nor the messenger than He that sent him. Foreseeing the contention about the chief place which would soon follow, Christ insists on the humility which He is inculcating on His apostles.
