John 13:12–38

THE MEANING OF FOOT WASHING

¹²When Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothing, he reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are speaking rightly, since that is what I am. ¹⁴So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.^{b 15}For I have given you an example,^c that you also should do just as I have done for you.

¹⁶“Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master,^Cd and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.^e

¹⁸“I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen.^f But the Scripture^g must be fulfilled:^h The one who eats my bread^D has raised his heel against me.^{Ei 19}I am telling you now before it happens,^j so that when it does happen you will believe^k that I am he.^{l 20}Truly I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives^m me receives him who sent me.”

JUDAS’S BETRAYAL PREDICTED

²¹Whenⁿ Jesus had said this, he was troubled in his spirit^o and testified,^p “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

²²The disciples started looking at one another—uncertain which one he was speaking about. ²³One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved,^q was reclining close beside Jesus. ²⁴Simon Peter motioned to him to find out who it was he was talking about. ²⁵So he leaned back against Jesus and asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶Jesus replied, “He’s the one I give the piece of bread to after I have dipped it.”^r When he had dipped the bread,^s he gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son.^{B 27}After Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan^t entered him. So Jesus told him, “What you’re doing, do quickly.”

²⁸None of those reclining at the table knew why he said this to him. ²⁹Since Judas^u kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,”^v or that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰After receiving the piece of bread, he immediately left. And it was night.^w

THE NEW COMMAND

³¹When^x he had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man^y is glorified, and God is glorified^z in him.^{aa 32}If God is glorified in him,^C God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. ³³Little children, I am with you a little while longer.^ab You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’^ac

³⁴“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. ³⁵By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love^ad one another.”

PETER’S DENIALS PREDICTED

³⁶“Lord,” Simon Peter said to him, “where are you going?”

Jesus answered, “Where I am going^ae you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

³⁷“Lord,” Peter asked, “why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life^af for you.”^ag

³⁸Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly I tell you, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.