John 13:3-17

3 Jesus, knowing ¹that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that ²he had come from God and ³was going back to God,

4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, ⁴tied it around his waist.

5 Then he ⁵poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

7 ⁶Jesus answered him, "What I am doing ⁷you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."

8 ⁸Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, ⁹"If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."

9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

10 Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed does not need to wash, ¹⁰except for his feet,^[a] but is completely clean. And ¹¹you^[b] are clean, ¹²but not every one of you."

11 ¹³For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, "Not all of you are clean."

12 When he had washed their feet and ¹⁴put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, ¹⁵"Do you understand what I have done to you?

13 ¹⁶You call me ¹⁷Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.

14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ¹⁸you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example, ¹⁹that you also should do just as I have done to you.

16 Truly, truly, I say to you, ²⁰a servant^[c] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

17 If you know these things, ²¹blessed are you if you do them.