John 13–17

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

13Now ⁿbefore ^othe Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that ^phis hour had come ^qto depart out of this world to the Father, ^rhaving loved ^shis own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ²During supper, when ^tthe devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, ³Jesus, knowing ^uthat the Father had given all things into his hands, and that ^vhe had come from God and ^wwas going back to God, ⁴rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, ^xtied it around his waist. ⁵Then he ^ypoured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. ⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” ^7zJesus answered him, “What I am doing ^ayou do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” ^8bPeter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, ^c“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” ⁹Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, ^dexcept for his feet,¹ but is completely clean. And ^eyou² are clean, ^fbut not every one of you.” ^11gFor he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹²When he had washed their feet and ^hput on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, ⁱ“Do you understand what I have done to you? ^13jYou call me ^kTeacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. ¹⁴If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ^lyou also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I have given you an example, ^mthat you also should do just as I have done to you. ¹⁶Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁿa servant³ is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷If you know these things, ^oblessed are you if you do them. ^18pI am not speaking of all of you; I know ^qwhom I have chosen. But ^rthe Scripture will be fulfilled,^{4 s}‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ ^19tI am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. ²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, ^uwhoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

One of You Will Betray Me

²¹After saying these things, ^vJesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, ^w“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^xone of you will betray me.” ^22yThe disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. ^23zOne of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table ^aat Jesus’ side,^{5 24}so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus⁶ of whom he was speaking. ^25bSo that disciple, ^cleaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶Jesus answered, ^d“It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread ^ewhen I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, ^fhe gave it to Judas, ^gthe son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷Then after he had taken the morsel, ^hSatan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ⁱ“What you are going to do, do quickly.” ²⁸Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. ²⁹Some thought that, ^jbecause Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need ^kfor the feast,” or that he should ^lgive something to the poor. ³⁰So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. ^mAnd it was night.

A New Commandment

³¹When he had gone out, Jesus said, ⁿ“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and ^oGod is glorified in him. ³²If God is glorified in him, ^pGod will also glorify him in himself, and ^qglorify him at once. ³³Little children, ^ryet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just ^sas I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ ^34tA new commandment ^uI give to you, ^vthat you love one another: ^wjust as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ^35xBy this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial

³⁶Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” ^yJesus answered him, “Where I am going ^zyou cannot follow me now, ^abut you will follow afterward.” ^37bPeter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” ³⁸Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, ^cthe rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14^d“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^eBelieve in God;¹ believe also in me. ²In ^fmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^gI go to prepare a place for you?^{2 3}And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^hto myself, that ⁱwhere I am you may be also. ⁴And you know the way to where I am going.”^{3 5j}Thomas said to him, “Lord, ^kwe do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶Jesus said to him, “I am ^lthe way, and ^mthe truth, and ⁿthe life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ^7oIf you had known me, you would have ^pknown my Father also.⁴ From now on you do know him and ^qhave seen him.”

^8rPhilip said to him, “Lord, ^sshow us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^tWhoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^uI am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^vI do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹Believe me that ^uI am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^wbelieve on account of the works themselves.

¹²“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^xwhoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^yam going to the Father. ^13zWhatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^athe Father may be glorified in the Son. ^14zIf you ask me⁵ anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

^15b“If you love me, you will ^ckeep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^dHelper,⁶ to be with you forever, ¹⁷even ^ethe Spirit of truth, ^fwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^gwill be⁷ in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^hI will come to you. ¹⁹ⁱYet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^jyou will see me. ^kBecause I live, you also will live. ^20lIn that day you will know that ^mI am in my Father, and ⁿyou in me, and ^oI in you. ^21pWhoever has my commandments and ^qkeeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^rhe who loves me ^swill be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^tmanifest myself to him.” ^22uJudas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^vthat you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered him, ^w“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^xwe will come to him and ^ymake our home with him. ²⁴Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^zthe word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶But the ^aHelper, the Holy Spirit, ^bwhom the Father will send in my name, ^che will teach you all things and ^dbring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27ePeace I leave with you; ^fmy peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^gLet not your hearts be troubled, neither ^hlet them be afraid. ²⁸ⁱYou heard me say to you, ^j‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^kam going to the Father, for ^lthe Father is greater than I. ²⁹And ^mnow I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰I will no longer talk much with you, for ⁿthe ruler of this world is coming. ^oHe has no claim on me, ³¹but I do ^pas the Father has commanded me, ^qso that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

I Am the True Vine

15“I am the ^rtrue vine, and my Father is ^sthe vinedresser. ^2tEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^uhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^vthat it may bear more fruit. ³Already ^wyou are clean ^xbecause of the word that I have spoken to you. ^4yAbide ^zin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; ^ayou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^bbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in me, ^che is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^dand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If ^eyou abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^fask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8gBy this my Father is glorified, that you ^hbear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹ⁱAs the Father has loved me, ^jso have I loved you. Abide in my love. ^10kIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^lI have kept ^mmy Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ⁿthat my joy may be in you, and that ^oyour joy may be full.

^12p“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13qGreater love has no one than this, ^rthat someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^smy friends ^tif you do what I command you. ^15uNo longer do I call you servants,¹ for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^xall that I have heard from my Father ^yI have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^zI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^abear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^bwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you,…