John 13:12–38

^12*After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his outer garment back on and returned to his place at the table. “Do you understand what I have just done to you?” he asked. ^13*“You call me Teacher and Lord, and it is right that you do so, because that is what I am. ^14*I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another’s feet. ^15*I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you. ^16*I am telling you the truth: slaves are never greater than their master, and messengers are never greater than the one who sent them. ¹⁷Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!

^18*“I am not talking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the scripture must come true that says, ‘The man who shared my food turned against me.’ ¹⁹I tell you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that ‘I Am Who I Am.’ ^20*I am telling you the truth: whoever receives anyone I send receives me also; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹After Jesus had said this, he was deeply troubled and declared openly, “I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me.”

²²The disciples looked at one another, completely puzzled about whom he meant. ²³One of the disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was sitting next to Jesus. ²⁴Simon Peter motioned to him and said, “Ask him whom he is talking about.”

²⁵So that disciple moved closer to Jesus’ side and asked, “Who is it, Lord?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “I will dip some bread in the sauce and give it to him; he is the man.” So he took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus said to him, “Be quick about what you are doing!” ²⁸None of the others at the table understood why Jesus said this to him. ²⁹Since Judas was in charge of the money bag, some of the disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go and buy what they needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.

³⁰Judas accepted the bread and went out at once. It was night.

The New Commandment

³¹After Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man’s glory is revealed; now God’s glory is revealed through him. ³²And if God’s glory is revealed through him, then God will reveal the glory of the Son of Man in himself, and he will do so at once. ^33*My children, I shall not be with you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the Jewish authorities, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’ ^34*And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

³⁶“Where are you going, Lord?” Simon Peter asked him.

“You cannot follow me now where I am going,” answered Jesus; “but later you will follow me.”

³⁷“Lord, why can’t I follow you now?” asked Peter. “I am ready to die for you!”

³⁸Jesus answered, “Are you really ready to die for me? I am telling you the truth: before the cock crows you will say three times that you do not know me.