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.
Ver. 16. The servant is not greater, &c.] This answers all our exceptions against brotherly offices: I am his elder, better, greater than he, &c. But which of us can say, I am a god? Christ washed his disciples' feet, though he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, &c., as is expressly and for this very purpose noted here by the evangelist, John 13:3 .