John 13:1-20

The Lord's Supper

1 Now before the Feast of ¹the Passover, Jesus knowing that ²His hour had come that He would depart out of this world ³to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

2 During supper, ⁴the devil having already put into the heart of ⁵Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

3 Jesus, ⁶knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that ⁷He 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 ⁸girded Himself.

Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet

5 Then He poured water into the basin, and began to ⁹wash 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 ¹⁰hereafter *."

8 Peter said to Him, "Never * shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "¹¹If I do not wash you, ¹²you 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 ¹³you are clean, but not all of you."

11 For ¹⁴He 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 ¹⁵taken 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 ¹⁶Teacher and ¹⁷Lord; and you are right, for so I am.

14 "If I then, ¹⁸the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 "For I gave you ¹⁹an example that you also should do as I did to you.

16 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ²⁰a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ²¹one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

17 "If you know these things, you are ²²blessed if you do them.

18 "²³I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have ²⁴chosen; but it is ²⁵that the Scripture may be fulfilled, '²⁶HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'

19 "From now on ²⁷I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that ²⁸I am He.

20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ²⁹he who receives whomever * I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

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Cross References 29

1. John 2:13; John 11:55
2. John 12:23
3. John 13:3; John 16:28
4. John 6:70; John 13:27
5. John 6:71
6. John 3:35
7. John 8:42
8. Luke 12:37; Luke 17:8
9. Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 43:24; Judg Genesis 19:21; Luke 7:44; 1 Timothy 5:10
10. John 13:12f
11. Psalms 51:2, 7; Ezekiel 36:25; Acts 22:16; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Hebrews 10:22
12. Deuteronomy 12:12; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16
13. John 15:3; Ephesians 5:26
14. John 6:64; John 13:2
15. John 13:4
16. John 11:28
17. John 11:2; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Philippians 2:11
18. John 11:2; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Philippians 2:11
19. 1 Peter 5:3
20. Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; John 15:20
21. 2 Corinthians 8:23; Philippians 2:25
22. Matthew 7:24f; Luke 11:28; James 1:25
23. John 13:10
24. John 6:70; John 15:16, 19
25. John 15:25; John 17:12; John 18:32; John 19:24, 36
26. Psalms 41:9; Matthew 26:21f; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21f; John 13:21, 22, 26
27. John 14:29; John 16:4
28. John 8:24
29. Matthew 10:40; Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; Luke 10:16; Galatians 4:14

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "to the uttermost;" or "eternally"
[b]. Lit "you say well"