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rose from the table, threw off His upper garments, and took a towel and tied it round Him.
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Then He poured water into a basin, and proceeded to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel which He had put round Him.
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When He came to Simon Peter, Peter objected. "Master," he said, "are *you* going to wash my feet?"
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"What I am doing," answered Jesus, "for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know."
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"Never, while the world lasts," said Peter, "shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," replied Jesus, "you have no share with me."
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"Master," said Peter, "wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."
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"Any one who has lately bathed," said Jesus, "does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you."
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For He knew who was betraying Him, and that was why He said, "You are not all of you clean."
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So after He had washed their feet, put on His garments again, and returned to the table, He said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you?
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You call me `The Rabbi' and `The Master,' and rightly so, for such I am.
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If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet.