16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than liis lord ; neither he thtit is sent greater than he that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, hap- py are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all : I know whom I have chosen ; but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that
e.'iteth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He thatreceiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
If we would understand the full meaning of these verses, we must mark carefully where they stand in the chapter. They follow hard after the remarkable passage in which we read of Christ washing His dis- ciples' feet. They stand in close connection with His solemn command, that the disciples should do as they had seen Him do. Then come the five verses which we have now to consider.
We are taught, for one thing, in these verses, that Christians must never he ashamed of doing anything that Ch-ist has done. We read, " Verily, I say unto you. The servant is not greater than his Lord ; neither lie tliat is sent greater than he that sent him."