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Petersaid to Him, "Never* shall You wash my feet!" Jesusanswered him, "1If I do not wash you, 2you havenopart with Me."
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SimonPetersaid to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."
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Jesussaid to him, "He who has bathedneedsonly** to wash his feet, but is completelyclean; and 3you are clean, but not all of you."
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For 4He knew the one who was betraying Him; for thisreason He said, "Not all of you are clean."
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Sowhen He had washed their feet, and 5taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you knowwhat I have done to you?
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"You call Me 6Teacher and 7Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
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"If I then, 8the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you alsoought to washoneanother'sfeet.
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"For I gave you 9an example that you also should do as I did to you.
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, 10a slave is not greater than his master, nor is 11one who is sentgreater than the one who sent him.
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"If you knowthesethings, you are 12blessedif you do them.
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"13I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have 14chosen; but it is 15that the Scripture may be fulfilled, '16HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEELAGAINST ME.'