John 13:1–20

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.”