John 13:21-38

One of You Will Betray Me

21 After saying these things, ¹Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, ²"Truly, truly, I say to you, ³one of you will betray me."

22 ⁴The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.

23 ⁵One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table ⁶close to Jesus,^[a]

24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus^[b] of whom he was speaking.

25 ⁷So that disciple, ⁸leaning back against Jesus, said to him, "Lord, who is it?"

26 Jesus answered, ⁹"It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread ¹⁰when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the morsel, ¹¹he gave it to Judas, ¹²the son of Simon Iscariot.

27 Then after he had taken the morsel, ¹³Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ¹⁴"What you are going to do, do quickly."

28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

29 Some thought that, ¹⁵because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need ¹⁶for the feast," or that he should ¹⁷give something to the poor.

30 So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. ¹⁸And it was night.

A New Commandment

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, ¹⁹"Now is the Son of Man glorified, and ²⁰God is glorified in him.

32 If God is glorified in him, ²¹God will also glorify him in himself, and ²²glorify him at once.

33 Little children, ²³yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just ²⁴as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'

34 ²⁵A new commandment ²⁶I give to you, ²⁷that you love one another: ²⁸just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

35 ²⁹By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

36 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?"³⁰Jesus answered him, "Where I am going ³¹you cannot follow me now, ³²but you will follow afterward."

37 ³³Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, ³⁴the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

Cross References

• 1. John 12:27
• 2. Matthew 26:21; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21
• 3. Acts 1:17
• 4. Luke 22:23
• 5. John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:7, 20
• 6. [Luke 16:22(Gk.)]
• 7. Mark 4:36
• 8. John 21:20(Gk.)
• 9. Matthew 26:23; Mark 14:20
• 10. Ruth 2:14
• 11. [Matthew 26:25]
• 12. John 6:71
• 13. Luke 22:3; [ver. 2; 1 Corinthians 11:27]
• 14. [Luke 12:50]
• 15. John 12:6
• 16. ver. 1
• 17. John 12:5
• 18. [1 Samuel 28:8]
• 19. See John 7:39
• 20. John 14:13; John 15:8; John 17:1, 4; 1 Peter 4:11
• 21. John 17:1, 5
• 22. See John 12:23
• 23. See John 7:33
• 24. John 7:34; John 8:21
• 25. 1 John 2:7, 8; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5
• 26. John 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:21
• 27. Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:8; Colossians 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Peter 1:22
• 28. John 15:12; Ephesians 5:2; 1 John 4:10, 11
• 29. [1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:20]
• 30. [ver. 7]
• 31. [John 7:34; John 14:2]
• 32. John 21:18, 19; 2 Peter 1:14
• 33. Matthew 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:33, 34
• 34. John 18:27

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek in the bosom of Jesus
• [b]. Greek lacks Jesus