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.

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

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

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

Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him.

Truly, truly, I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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

Verily, verily, I tell you. These are indeed proverbial sayings, which admit of a far more extensive application, but which ought to be accommodated to the case in hand. In my opinion, therefore, they are mistaken who suppose them to have a general acceptation, as if Christ were now exhorting his disciples to bear the cross; for it is more correct to say that he employed them to serve his purpose.

The servant is not - This was universally true, and this they were to remember always, that they were to manifest the same spirit that he did, and that they were to expect the same treatment from the world. See the notes at Matthew 10:24-25.

The servant is not greater than his lord - Christ has ennobled the acts of humility by practising them himself. The true glory of a Christian consists in being, in his measure, as humble as his Lord.
Neither he that is sent - Ουδε αποϚολος Nor an apostle. As I think these words were intended for the suppression of all worldly ambition and lordly conduct in the apostles and their successors in the ministry, therefore I think the original word αποϚολος, should be translated apostle, rather than he that is sent, because the former rendering ascertains and determines the meaning better.

Verily, verily, I say unto you,.... This is a strong way of asseveration, and is used when anything of moment and importance, and worthy of attention and observation is delivered.
The servant is not greater than his Lord; it is enough that he be as his Lord, which was a common phrase among the Jews; See Gill on Matthew 10:24, Matthew 10:25; and as it is there made use of, to inform the disciples they must expect persecution, and to encourage them to bear it with patience; here it is designed to engage to humility; for if a master condescends to perform such an action, much more may a servant:
neither he that is sent, is greater than he that sent him. This is also a way of speaking in use among the Jews;
"R. Meir says, (z) who is greatest, he that keeps, or he that is kept? from what is written in Psalm 91:11, he that is kept, is greater than he that keeps: says R. Judah, which is greatest, he that carries, or he that is carried? from what is written in Psalm 91:12, he that is carried, is greater than he that carries: says R. Simeon, from what is written, in Isaiah 6:8, , "he that sends, is greater than he that is sent".''
Which is the very phrase here used by Christ; and his meaning is this, that if it was not below him, who had chose and called, and sent them forth as his apostles, to wash their feet, they who were sent by him, should not disdain to wash one another's.
(z) Bereshit Rabba, fol. 68. 1.

The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Matthew 10:24, &c.).
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them--a hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing.

The servant is not greater than his lord - Nor therefore ought to think much of either doing or suffering the same things.