John 13:13–38

¹³“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You are right. That is what I am. ¹⁴I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet. So you also should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵I have given you an example. You should do as I have done for you.

¹⁶“What I’m about to tell you is true. A servant is not more important than his master. And a messenger is not more important than the one who sends him. ¹⁷Now you know these things. So you will be blessed if you do them.

Jesus Tells What Judas Will Do

¹⁸“I am not talking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this will happen so that Scripture will come true. It says, ‘The one who shares my bread has deserted me.’

¹⁹“I am telling you now, before it happens. When it does happen, you will believe that I am he. ²⁰What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who accepts someone I send accepts me. And anyone who accepts me accepts the One who sent me.”

²¹After he had said this, Jesus’ spirit was troubled. Here is the witness he gave. “What I’m about to tell you is true,” he said. “One of you is going to hand me over to my enemies.”

²²His disciples stared at one another. They had no idea which one of them he meant. ²³The disciple Jesus loved was next to him at the table. ²⁴Simon Peter motioned to that disciple. He said, “Ask Jesus which one he means.”

²⁵The disciple was leaning back against Jesus. He asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “It is the one I will give this piece of bread to. I will give it to him after I have dipped it in the dish.”

He dipped the piece of bread. Then he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. ²⁷As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.

“Do quickly what you are going to do,” Jesus told him.

²⁸But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. ²⁹Judas was in charge of the money. So some of the disciples thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the Feast. Others thought Jesus was talking about giving something to poor people.

³⁰As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.

Jesus Says That Peter Will Fail

³¹After Judas was gone, Jesus spoke. He said, “Now the Son of Man receives glory. And he brings glory to God. ³²If the Son brings glory to God, God himself will bring glory to the Son. God will do it at once.

³³“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me. Just as I told the Jews, so I am telling you now. You can’t come where I am going.

³⁴“I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you. ³⁵If you love one another, everyone will know you are my disciples.”

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

Jesus replied, “Where I am going you can’t follow now. But you will follow me later.”

³⁷“Lord,” Peter asked, “why can’t I follow you now? I will give my life for you.”

³⁸Then Jesus answered, “Will you really give your life for me? What I’m about to tell you is true. Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me!