Blessed are those servants whom their master finds keeping watch when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table, and he will come and serve them.
John 13:4 - The Text-Critical English New Testament so he rose from supper, laid aside his outer garments, took a towel, and wrapped it around his waist. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Got up from supper, took off His garments, and taking a [servant's] towel, He fastened it around His waist. American Standard Version (1901) riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girded himself. Common English Bible So he got up from the table and took off his robes. Picking up a linen towel, he tied it around his waist. Catholic Public Domain Version he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and having taken a towel, girded himself. |
Blessed are those servants whom their master finds keeping watch when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table, and he will come and serve them.
“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing the field or tending the sheep. As soon as he comes in from the field would you say, ‘Come and recline at the table’?
Instead, would yoʋ not say to him, ‘Prepare my supper. Put on yoʋr apron and serve me while I eat and drink; after that yoʋ may eat and drink’?
For who is greater? The one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
When Jesus had washed their feet and collected his garments, he reclined again at the table and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you could become rich.
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.