John 13:11-21

11 ¹For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, "Not all of you are clean."

12 When he had washed their feet and ²put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, ³"Do you understand what I have done to you?

13 ⁴You call me ⁵Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.

14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ⁶you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example, ⁷that you also should do just as I have done to you.

16 Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁸a servant^[a] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

17 If you know these things, ⁹blessed are you if you do them.

18 ¹⁰I am not speaking of all of you; I know ¹¹whom I have chosen. But ¹²the Scripture will be fulfilled,^[b]13'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

19 ¹⁴I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹⁵whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."

One of You Will Betray Me

21 After saying these things, ¹⁶Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, ¹⁷"Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹⁸one of you will betray me."

Cross References

• 1. ver. 2; John 6:64; See John 2:24, 25
• 2. ver. 4
• 3. ver. 7
• 4. Luke 6:46
• 5. Matthew 23:8, 10; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Philippians 2:11
• 6. 1 Timothy 5:10; [1 Peter 5:5]
• 7. See Matthew 11:29
• 8. John 15:20; Matthew 10:24
• 9. See Luke 11:28; James 1:22
• 10. ver. 10, 11
• 11. John 6:70; John 15:16, 19; [Mark 3:13; Luke 6:13; Acts 1:2]
• 12. [John 17:12]; See Matthew 1:22
• 13. Cited from Psalms 41:9; [ver. 26; Matthew 26:23]
• 14. John 14:29; John 16:4
• 15. See Matthew 10:40
• 16. John 12:27
• 17. Matthew 26:21; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21
• 18. Acts 1:17

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek bondservant
• [b]. Greek But in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled