John 13:3-17 Parallel Bible Translations

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3 Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
4 he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself. rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, |Lord, are you going to wash my feet?| He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Jesus replied, |You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.| Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
8 Peter said to him, |You will never wash my feet!| Jesus replied, |If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.| Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
9 Simon Peter said to him, |Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!| Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
10 Jesus replied, |The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.| Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.” Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”
11 (For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, |Not every one of you is clean.|) For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, |Do you understand what I have done for you? When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.
13 You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am. You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example--you should do just as I have done for you. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
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