John 13:5-38

Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet

5 Then He poured water into the basin, and began to ¹wash 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 ²hereafter *."

8 Peter said to Him, "Never * shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "³If I do not wash you, ⁴you 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 ⁵you are clean, but not all of you."

11 For ⁶He 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 ⁷taken 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 ⁸Teacher and ⁹Lord; and you are right, for so I am.

14 "If I then, ¹⁰the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 "For I gave you ¹¹an example that you also should do as I did to you.

16 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹²a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ¹³one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

17 "If you know these things, you are ¹⁴blessed if you do them.

18 "¹⁵I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have ¹⁶chosen; but it is ¹⁷that the Scripture may be fulfilled, '¹⁸HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'

19 "From now on ¹⁹I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that ²⁰I am He.

20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ²¹he who receives whomever * I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

21 When Jesus had said this, He ²²became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that ²³one of you will betray Me."

22 The disciples began looking at one another, ²⁴at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.

23 There was reclining on ²⁵Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, ²⁶whom Jesus loved.

24 So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking."

25 He, ²⁷leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom, said to Him, "Lord, who is it?"

26 Jesus then answered, "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, ²⁸the son of Simon Iscariot.

27 After the morsel, ²⁹Satan then ³⁰entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."

28 Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.

29 For some were supposing, because Judas ³¹had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of ³²for the feast "; or else, that he should ³³give something to the poor.

30 So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and ³⁴it was night.

31 Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is ³⁵the Son of Man ³⁶glorified, and ³⁷God is glorified in Him;

32 if God is glorified in Him, ³⁸God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.

33 "³⁹Little children, I am with you ⁴⁰a little while longer. ⁴¹You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot * come.'

34 "A ⁴²new commandment I give to you, ⁴³that you love one another, ⁴⁴even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

35 "⁴⁵By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "⁴⁶Where I go, you cannot * follow Me now; but ⁴⁷you will follow later."

37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why * can I not follow You right now? ⁴⁸I will lay down my life for You."

38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁴⁹a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 43:24; Judg Genesis 19:21; Luke 7:44; 1 Timothy 5:10
• 2. John 13:12f
• 3. Psalms 51:2, 7; Ezekiel 36:25; Acts 22:16; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Hebrews 10:22
• 4. Deuteronomy 12:12; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16
• 5. John 15:3; Ephesians 5:26
• 6. John 6:64; John 13:2
• 7. John 13:4
• 8. John 11:28
• 9. John 11:2; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Philippians 2:11
• 10. John 11:2; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Philippians 2:11
• 11. 1 Peter 5:3
• 12. Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; John 15:20
• 13. 2 Corinthians 8:23; Philippians 2:25
• 14. Matthew 7:24f; Luke 11:28; James 1:25
• 15. John 13:10
• 16. John 6:70; John 15:16, 19
• 17. John 15:25; John 17:12; John 18:32; John 19:24, 36
• 18. Psalms 41:9; Matthew 26:21f; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21f; John 13:21, 22, 26
• 19. John 14:29; John 16:4
• 20. John 8:24
• 21. Matthew 10:40; Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; Luke 10:16; Galatians 4:14
• 22. John 11:33
• 23. Matthew 26:21; Mark 14:18f; Luke 22:21f; John 13:18, 22, 26
• 24. Matthew 26:21f; Mark 14:18f; Luke 22:21f; John 13:18, 21, 26
• 25. John 1:18
• 26. John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:7, 20
• 27. John 21:20
• 28. John 6:71
• 29. Matthew 4:10
• 30. Luke 22:3; John 13:2
• 31. John 12:6
• 32. John 13:1
• 33. John 12:5
• 34. Luke 22:53
• 35. Matthew 8:20
• 36. John 7:39
• 37. John 14:13; John 17:4; 1 Peter 4:11
• 38. John 17:1
• 39. 1 John 2:1
• 40. John 7:33
• 41. John 7:34
• 42. John 15:12, 17; 1 John 2:7; 1 John 3:11, 23; 2 John 5
• 43. Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 5:44; Galatians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 4:7
• 44. Ephesians 5:2; 1 John 4:10
• 45. 1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:20
• 46. John 13:33; John 14:2; John 16:5
• 47. John 21:18; 2 Peter 1:14
• 48. John 13:37, 38: {Matthew 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:33-34}
• 49. Mark 14:30; John 18:27

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "you say well"
• [b]. Or "hand Me over"
• [c]. Or "was"
• [d]. Or "was"
• [e]. Most early mss do not contain this phrase