John 13:18-20

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¹⁸“I am not talking about all of you. I know the people I have chosen. But what the Scriptures say must happen: ‘The man who shared my food has turned against me.’^[a] ¹⁹I am telling you this now before it happens. Then when it happens, you will believe that I Am.^[b] ²⁰I assure you, whoever accepts the person I send also accepts me. And whoever accepts me also accepts the one who sent me.”

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Footnotes

John 13:18 has turned against me Literally, “has lifted up his heel against me.” Quote from Ps. 41:9.
John 13:19 I Am This is like the name of God used in the Old Testament. See Isa. 41:4; 43:10; Ex. 3:14. However, it can also mean “I am he,” meaning “I am the Messiah.”