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20 I tell you the solemn truth,[a] whoever accepts[b] the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”[c]

21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed[d] in spirit, and testified,[e] “I tell you the solemn truth,[f] one of you will betray me.”[g] 22 The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed[h] to know which of them he was talking about.

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Footnotes

  1. John 13:20 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
  2. John 13:20 tn Or “receives,” and so throughout this verse.
  3. John 13:20 sn The one who sent me refers to God.
  4. John 13:21 tn Or “greatly troubled.”
  5. John 13:21 tn Grk “and testified and said.”
  6. John 13:21 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
  7. John 13:21 tn Or “will hand me over.”
  8. John 13:22 tn Grk “uncertain,” “at a loss.” Here two terms, “worried and perplexed,” were used to convey the single idea of the Greek verb ἀπορέω (aporeō).