John 13:5-20

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."

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "you say well"