John 13:5–14

⁵Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them^* dry with the towel which he had tied around himself.^a

⁶Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will understand after these things.” ⁸Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet forever!”^b Jesus replied to him, “Unless I wash you, you do not have a 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 only needs^c to wash his^* feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all of you.” ¹¹(For he knew the one who would betray him; because of this he said, “Not all of you are clean.”)

¹²So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothing and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you? ¹³You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you speak correctly, for I am. ¹⁴If then I—your^* Lord and Teacher—wash your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.