John 13:4–14

⁴rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself: ⁵then he pours water into the washhand basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the linen towel with which he was girded. ⁶He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and he says to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter. ⁸Peter says to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee, thou hast not part with me. ⁹Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all. ¹¹For he knew him that delivered him up: on account of this he said, Ye are not all clean. ¹²When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, having sat down again, he said to them, Do ye know what I have done to you? ¹³Ye call me the Teacher and the Lord, and ye say well, for I am so. ¹⁴If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet;