John 13:4-17

4got up from supper and laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and 1tied it around Himself. 5Then He poured water into the basin, and began 2washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself. 6So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?” 7Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand 3later.” 8Peter said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “4If I do not wash you, 5you have no 6place with Me.” 9Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” 10Jesus said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And 7you are clean--but 8not all of you.” 11For 9He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12Then, when He had washed their feet, and 10taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? 13You call Me 11‘Teacher’ and 12‘Lord’; and 13you are correct, for so I am. 14So if I, 14the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15For I gave you 15an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you. 16Truly, truly I say to you, 16a slave is not greater than his master, nor is 1718one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17If you know these things, you are 19blessed if you do them.