John 13:3-15

3[Jesus,] knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came out from 1God and was going to 2God,

4rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself:

5then he pours water into the washhand basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the linen towel with which he was girded.

6He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and he says to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

7Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter.

8Peter says to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee, thou hast not part with me.

9Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

10Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.

11For he knew him that delivered him up: on account of this he said, Ye are not all clean.

12When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, having sat down again, he said to them, Do ye know what I have done to you?

13Ye call me the Teacher and the Lord, and ye say well, for I am [so].

14If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;

15for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.