John 13:3-17 ▼

3 [Jesus], knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

4 got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.

5 Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

6 So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, |Lord, do You wash my feet?|

7 Jesus answered and said to him, |What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.|

8 Peter said to Him, |Never shall You wash my feet!| Jesus answered him, |If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.|

9 Simon Peter said to Him, |Lord, [then wash] not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.|

10 Jesus said to him, |He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all [of you].|

11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, |Not all of you are clean.|

12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined [at the table] again, He said to them, |Do you know what I have done to you?

13 |You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for [so] I am.

14 |If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 |For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

16 |Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor [is] one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

17 |If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.