John 13:13
Good News Translation
"You call me Teacher and Lord, and it is right that you do so, because that is what I am.

New Revised Standard Version
You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am.

Contemporary English Version
You call me your teacher and Lord, and you should, because that is who I am.

New American Bible
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You call me Master and Lord. And you say well: for so I am.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

You call me Master and Lord. And you say well: for so I am.

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John 11:28 And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come and calleth for thee.

Matthew 7:21,22 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Matthew 23:8-10 But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master: and all you are brethren. . . .

Luke 6:46 And why call you me, Lord, Lord; and do not the things which I say?

Romans 14:8,9 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord: or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:6 Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him: and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

1 Corinthians 12:3 Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no man can say The Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost.

Philippians 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 3:8 Furthermore, I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ.

2 Peter 1:14-16 Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me. . . .

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Jeremiah 1:12 And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.

Luke 7:43 Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly.

Luke 10:28 And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.

James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.

Context
Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet
12Then after he had washed their feet and taken his garments, being set down again, he said to them: Know you what I have done to you? 13You call me Master and Lord. And you say well: for so I am. 14If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.…
Cross References
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

John 11:2
(And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

John 11:3
His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

John 11:28
And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come and calleth for thee.

1 Corinthians 8:6
Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him: and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

1 Corinthians 12:3
Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no man can say The Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost.

Ephesians 6:9
And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings: knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven. And there is no respect of persons with him.

Philippians 2:11
And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

John 13:12
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