John 13:4–14

⁴So he got up from the meal and took off his outer clothes. He wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵After that, he poured water into a large bowl. Then he began to wash his disciples’ feet. He dried them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶He came to Simon Peter.

“Lord,” Peter said to him, “are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus replied, “You don’t realize now what I am doing. But later you will understand.”

⁸“No,” said Peter. “You will never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you can’t share life with me.”

⁹“Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet! Wash my hands and my head too!”

¹⁰Jesus answered, “A person who has had a bath needs to wash only his feet. The rest of his body is clean. And you are clean. But not all of you are.”

¹¹Jesus knew who was going to hand him over to his enemies. That was why he said not every one was clean.

¹²When Jesus finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes. Then he returned to his place.

“Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 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.