John 13:8-18

8 "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."

9 "Master," said Peter, "wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

10 "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."

11 For He knew who was betraying Him, and that was why He said, "You are not all of you clean."

12 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?

13 You call me `The Rabbi' and `The Master,' and rightly so, for such I am.

14 If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have set you an example in order that you may do what I have done to you.

16 In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him.

17 If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

18 I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but things are as they are in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says, `He who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'