⁴so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.^b ⁵After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet,^c drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”^d

⁸“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

¹⁰Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean,^e though not every one of you.”^f ¹¹For he knew who was going to betray him,^g and that was why he said not every one was clean.

¹²When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³“You call me ‘Teacher’^h and ‘Lord,’ⁱ and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.^j

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John 13:13: You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.

Cross references

bSee Mt 20:28
cSee Lk 7:44
dver 12
e Jn 15:3
fver 18
gSee Mt 10:4
h Mt 26:18; Jn 11:28
iSee Mt 28:18; Lk 1:43; 2:11; 6:46; 11:1; Ac 10:36; Ro 10:9, 12; 14:9; 1 Co 12:3; Php 2:11; Col 2:6
j 1 Pe 5:5