John 13–17

Christ Washes the Disciples’ Feet

13Now ^abefore the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that ^bHis hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He ^cloved them to the end.

²And ¹supper being ended, ^dthe devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, ³Jesus, knowing ^ethat the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He ^fhad come from God and ^gwas going to God, ^4hrose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. ⁵After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. ⁶Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, ⁱ“Lord, are You washing my feet?”

⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you ^jdo not understand now, ^kbut you will know after this.”

⁸Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!”

Jesus answered him, ^l“If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

⁹Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

¹⁰Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and ^myou are clean, but not all of you.” ¹¹For ⁿHe knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”

¹²So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you ²know what I have done to you? ^13oYou call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. ^14pIf I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ^qyou also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For ^rI have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. ^16sMost assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. ^17tIf you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

¹⁸“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the ^uScripture may be fulfilled, ^v‘He who eats ³bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’ ^19wNow I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He. ^20xMost assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

Christ Announces Judas, the Betrayer

Matt. 26:21, 22; Mark 14:18, 19; Luke 22:21–23

^21yWhen Jesus had said these things, ^zHe was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^aone of you will betray Me.” ²²Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke.

²³Now ^bthere was ⁴leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. ²⁴Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.

²⁵Then, leaning ⁵back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to ^cJudas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ^27dNow after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” ²⁸But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him. ²⁹For some thought, because ^eJudas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

³⁰Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.

Christ Announces His Departure

³¹So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, ^f“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and ^gGod is glorified in Him. ³²If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and ^hglorify Him immediately. ³³Little children, I shall be with you a ⁱlittle while longer. You will seek Me; ^jand as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. ^34kA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ^35lBy this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Christ Foretells Peter’s Denial

Matt. 26:34, 35; Mark 14:30, 31; Luke 22:33, 34

³⁶Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?”

Jesus answered him, “Where I ^mam going you cannot follow Me now, but ⁿyou shall follow Me afterward.”

³⁷Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will ^olay down my life for Your sake.”

³⁸Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not ^pcrow till you have denied Me three times.

Christ Comforts His Disciples

14“Let ^anot your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. ²In My Father’s house are many ¹mansions; if it were not so, ²I would have told you. ^bI go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^cI will come again and receive you to Myself; that ^dwhere I am, there you may be also. ⁴And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

Christ Answers Thomas

^5eThomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

⁶Jesus said to him, “I am ^fthe way, ^gthe truth, and ^hthe life. ⁱNo one comes to the Father ^jexcept through Me.

^7k“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

Christ Answers Philip

⁸Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? ^lHe who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^mI am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you ⁿI do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. ¹¹Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, ^oor else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

^12p“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. ^13qAnd whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be ^rglorified in the Son. ¹⁴If you ³ask anything in My name, I will do it.

^15s“If you love Me, ⁴keep My commandments. ¹⁶And I will pray the Father, and ^tHe will give you another ⁵Helper, that He may abide with you forever—^17uthe Spirit of truth, ^vwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you ^wand will be in you. ^18xI will not leave you orphans; ^yI will come to you.

¹⁹“A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but ^zyou will see Me. ^aBecause I live, you will live also. ²⁰At that day you will know that ^bI am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. ^21cHe who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and ⁶manifest Myself to him.”

Christ Answers Judas

^22dJudas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

²³Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, ^eand We will come to him and make Our home with him. ²⁴He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and ^fthe word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. ²⁶But ^gthe ⁷Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will ^hsend in My name, ⁱHe will teach you all things, and bring to your ^jremembrance all things that I said to you. ^27kPeace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸You have heard Me ^lsay to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because ⁸I said, ^m‘I am going to the Father,’ for ⁿMy Father is greater than I.

²⁹“And ^onow I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. ³⁰I will no longer talk much with you, ^pfor the ruler of this world is coming, and he has ^qnothing in Me. ³¹But that the world may know that I love the Father, and ^ras the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

The Relationship of Believers to Christ

15“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. ^2aEvery branch in Me that does not bear fruit He ¹takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear ^bmore fruit. ^3cYou are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ^4dAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

⁵“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much ^efruit; for without Me you can do ^fnothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in Me, ^ghe is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷If you abide in Me, and My words ^habide in you, ⁱyou ²will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. ^8jBy this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; ^kso you will be My disciples.

⁹“As the Father ^lloved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ^10mIf you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹¹“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and ⁿthat your joy may be full.

The Relationship of Believers to Each Other

^12oThis is My ^pcommandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13qGreater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. ^14rYou are My friends if you do whatever I command you. ¹⁵No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, ^sfor all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. ^16tYou did not choose Me, but I chose you and ^uappointed you that you should go and…