Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
2Now when it was time for supper, the devil13:2 Mt 4:1,10; Jn 8:44; Ac 13:10 had already put it into the heart of Judas,13:2 Mk 3:19 Simon Iscariot’s son,13:2 Or Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son to betray13:2 Mt 10:4; Jn 12:4; 13:21 him.
3Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his hands,13:3 Mt 11:27; 28:18; Jn 17:2 that he had come from God,13:3 Jn 8:42; 16:27; 17:8 and that he was going back to God.13:3 Jn 8:14; 14:12; 16:28; 17:11
4So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing,13:4 Lk 19:36 took a towel, and tied it around himself.13:4 Lk 12:37
5Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.
8“You will never wash my feet,” Peter said.
Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
9Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”
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“One who has bathed,” Jesus told him, “doesn’t need to wash anything except his feet, but he is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”
11For he knew who would betray him. This is why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
The Meaning of Foot Washing
12When Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothing, he reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?
13You call me Teacher and Lord — and you are speaking rightly, since that is what I am.
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“Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master,
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Or lord
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Jn 15:20
and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.
17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.13:17 Mt 7:24–25; Lk 6:47; 11:28; Jms 1:22–25
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“I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen.
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Jn 6:70; Eph 1:4
But the Scripture13:18 Mt 26:54 must be fulfilled: 13:18 Mt 1:22 The one who eats my bread13:18 Other mss read eats bread with me has raised his heel against me.13:18Ps 41:913:18 Ps 41:9
Judas’s Betrayal Predicted
21When13:21–30 Mt 26:20–25; Mk 14:17–21; Lk 22:21–23 Jesus had said this, he was troubled in his spirit13:21 Ps 51:12 and testified,13:21 Jn 15:26; Ac 26:5 “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
22The disciples started looking at one another — uncertain which one he was speaking about.
23One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved,13:23 Jn 19:26; 20:2; 21:7,20 was reclining close beside Jesus.13:23 Lit reclining at Jesus’s breast; that is, on his right; Jn 1:18
24Simon Peter motioned to him to find out who it was he was talking about.
25So he leaned back against Jesus and asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
28None of those reclining at the table knew why he said this to him.
The New Command
31When13:31–38 Mt 26:31–35; Mk 14:27–31; Lk 22:31–38 he had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man13:31 Mk 2:10 is glorified, and God is glorified13:31 Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12 in him.13:31 2Th 1:12; 1Jn 2:5
32If God is glorified in him,13:32 Other mss omit If God is glorified in him God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once.
33Little children, I am with you a little while longer.13:33 Jn 7:33 You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’13:33 Jn 8:21–22; 14:2; 16:5
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“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.
Peter’s Denials Predicted
36“Lord,” Simon Peter said to him, “where are you going?”
Jesus answered, “Where I am going13:36 Jn 14:2; 16:5 you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
38Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly I tell you, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.
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