John 13:6-26

6 When he got to Simon Peter, Peter said, "Master, you wash my feet?"

7 Jesus answered, "You don't understand now what I'm doing, but it will be clear enough to you later."

8 Peter persisted, "You're not going to wash my feet - ever!" Jesus said, "If I don't wash you, you can't be part of what I'm doing."

9 "Master!" said Peter. "Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!"

10 Jesus said, "If you've had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you're clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you're clean. But not every one of you."

11 (He knew who was betraying him. That's why he said, "Not every one of you.")

12 After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table.

13 You address me as 'Teacher' and 'Master,' and rightly so. That is what I am.

14 So if I, the Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other's feet.

15 I've laid down a pattern for you. What I've done, you do.

16 I'm only pointing out the obvious. A servant is not ranked above his master; an employee doesn't give orders to the employer.

17 If you understand what I'm telling you, act like it - and live a blessed life.

18 "I'm not including all of you in this. I know precisely whom I've selected, so as not to interfere with the fulfillment of this Scripture: The one who ate bread at my table Turned on his heel against me.

19 "I'm telling you all this ahead of time so that when it happens you will believe that I am who I say I am.

20 Make sure you get this right: Receiving someone I send is the same as receiving me, just as receiving me is the same as receiving the One who sent me."

21 After he said these things, Jesus became visibly upset, and then he told them why. "One of you is going to betray me."

22 The disciples looked around at one another, wondering who on earth he was talking about.

23 One of the disciples, the one Jesus loved dearly, was reclining against him, his head on his shoulder.

24 Peter motioned to him to ask who Jesus might be talking about.

25 So, being the closest, he said, "Master, who?"

26 Jesus said, "The one to whom I give this crust of bread after I've dipped it." Then he dipped the crust and gave it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot.