Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13 [It was] now just before the Passover Feast, [and] Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world [and return] to the Father. Having loved [His] own who [were] in the world, He loved them to [the] very end.[fn] 2 The evening meal was underway, [and] the devil {had} already put into the heart of Judas, [the son] of Simon Iscariot, to betray [Jesus].

3 [Jesus] knew that the Father had delivered all things into [His] hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. 4 [So] He got up from the supper, laid aside [His] outer garments, and wrapped a towel {around} His {waist}. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry [them] with the towel that was around Him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

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

8 “Never shall You wash my feet Peter told Him. Jesus answered “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

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

10 Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash [his] feet, [and] he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all [of you].” 11 For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12 When [Jesus] had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again [and] asked “Do you know what I have done for you? 13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly [so], because I am. 14 So if I, [your] Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,[fn] nor [is] a messenger greater than the [one who] sent him. 17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.