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John 13:15–20

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For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
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.
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
¶ 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.
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
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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From verse 15

  1. 1 John 2:6Rank 1 from verse 15
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    6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

  2. Matthew 11:29Rank 2 from verse 15
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    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  3. 1 Peter 2:21Rank 3 from verse 15
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    21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

  4. 1 Peter 3:17–18Rank 4 from verse 15
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    17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  5. Ephesians 5:2Rank 5 from verse 15
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  6. Romans 15:5Rank 6 from verse 15
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    5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

From verse 16

  1. John 15:20Rank 1 from verse 16
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    20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

  2. Luke 6:40Rank 2 from verse 16
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    40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

  3. Matthew 10:24–25Rank 3 from verse 16
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    24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

    25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

  4. John 3:5Rank 4 from verse 16
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    5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

  5. John 3:3Rank 5 from verse 16
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    3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

From verse 17

  1. Luke 11:28Rank 1 from verse 17
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    28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

  2. James 4:17Rank 2 from verse 17
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    17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

  3. James 1:25Rank 3 from verse 17
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    25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  4. Matthew 7:24–25Rank 4 from verse 17
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    24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

    25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

  5. Exodus 40:16Rank 5 from verse 17
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    16Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

  6. Ezekiel 36:27Rank 6 from verse 17
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    27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  7. Luke 12:47–48Rank 7 from verse 17
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    47And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

    48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

  8. Psalms 19:11Rank 8 from verse 17
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    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  9. Revelation 22:14Rank 9 from verse 17
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    14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

  10. Hebrews 11:7–8Rank 10 from verse 17
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    7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  11. James 2:20–24Rank 11 from verse 17
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    20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

    23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

    24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

  12. Psalms 119:1–5Rank 12 from verse 17
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    1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

    2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

    3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

    4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

    5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

  13. Galatians 5:6Rank 13 from verse 17
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    6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

  14. Genesis 6:22Rank 14 from verse 17
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    22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

  15. Matthew 12:50Rank 15 from verse 17
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    50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  16. John 15:14Rank 16 from verse 17
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  17. 2 Corinthians 5:14–15Rank 17 from verse 17
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    14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

    15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  18. Matthew 22:38–41Rank 18 from verse 17
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    38This is the first and great commandment.

    39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

    40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

    41¶ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

From verse 18

  1. Psalms 41:9Rank 1 from verse 18
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    9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

  2. Matthew 26:23Rank 2 from verse 18
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    23And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

  3. John 17:12Rank 3 from verse 18
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    12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

  4. Mark 14:20Rank 4 from verse 18
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    20And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

  5. John 13:26Rank 5 from verse 18
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    26Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

  6. John 13:10–11Rank 6 from verse 18
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    10Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

    11For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

  7. John 6:70Rank 7 from verse 18
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    70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

  8. John 15:19Rank 8 from verse 18
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    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  9. Hebrews 4:13Rank 9 from verse 18
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    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  10. John 15:16Rank 10 from verse 18
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    16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

  11. Matthew 10:36Rank 11 from verse 18
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    36And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

  12. John 21:17Rank 12 from verse 18
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    17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

  13. Revelation 2:23Rank 13 from verse 18
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  14. 2 Corinthians 4:5Rank 14 from verse 18
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    5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

From verse 19

  1. Isaiah 43:10Rank 1 from verse 19
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    10Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  2. John 14:29Rank 2 from verse 19
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    29And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

  3. John 16:4Rank 3 from verse 19
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    4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

  4. Revelation 1:17–18Rank 4 from verse 19
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    17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

    18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  5. Isaiah 48:5Rank 5 from verse 19
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    5I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

  6. John 8:23–24Rank 6 from verse 19
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    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

  7. Matthew 24:25Rank 7 from verse 19
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    25Behold, I have told you before.

  8. John 8:58Rank 8 from verse 19
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    58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

  9. Malachi 3:1Rank 9 from verse 19
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    1BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  10. Matthew 11:3Rank 10 from verse 19
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    3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

  11. John 1:15Rank 11 from verse 19
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    15¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

  12. Luke 21:13Rank 12 from verse 19
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    13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

  13. Isaiah 41:23Rank 13 from verse 19
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    23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

From verse 20

  1. Luke 10:16Rank 1 from verse 20
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    16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

  2. Luke 9:48Rank 2 from verse 20
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    48And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

  3. Mark 9:37Rank 3 from verse 20
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    37Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

  4. Matthew 25:40Rank 4 from verse 20
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    40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

  5. Matthew 10:40–42Rank 5 from verse 20
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    40¶ He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

    41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

    42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

  6. Galatians 4:14Rank 6 from verse 20
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    14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

  7. John 12:44–48Rank 7 from verse 20
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    44¶ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

    45And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

    47And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

    48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

  8. Colossians 2:6Rank 8 from verse 20
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    6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

  9. 1 Thessalonians 4:8Rank 9 from verse 20
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    8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

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DEFINED WORDS

John 13:15

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

example

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A person, act, event, pattern, representation, or exhibited case set before others for imitation, instruction, admonition, warning, public exposure, or judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 13:16

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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John 13:17

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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John 13:18

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

scripture

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The sacred writing or writings given by inspiration of God, whether taken collectively or as a particular passage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fulfilled

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Filled up, completed, accomplished, performed, satisfied, expired, or brought fully to the appointed result, measure, time, or realization.

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eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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COMBINED MEANING

heel

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Sense 1: The back part of the foot. Sense 2: Figuratively, the rear or a vulnerable point.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

John 13:19

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tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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COMBINED MEANING

believe

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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 13:20

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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13:12So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

13:13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

13:14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

13:15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

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13:16Verily, 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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13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

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13:18¶ 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.

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13:19Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

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13:20Verily, 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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