John Thirteen
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew the hour had come to depart from this world to his Father. And he loved his own who were in this world, and he loved them unto the end.
¶ During supper, Satan put into the heart of Judas, son of Simon of Iscariot, to deliver
him. But Jesus, because he knew that the Father
had given everything into his hands, and
that he came from God, and was going to
God, He rose from supper and laid aside his
robes; and he took an apron and tied it around
his loins. Then he poured water into a basin, and
began to wash the feet of his disciples, and
to wipe them with the apron which was tied
around his loins. When he came to Simon Peter, Simon said
to him, You, my Lord, are you going to wash
my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I
am doing, you do not know now, but later
you will understand. Then Simon Peter said to him, You will
never wash my feet. Jesus said to him, If I
do not wash you, you have no part with me.
Simon Peter said to him, Then, my Lord,
wash not only my feet, but also my hands
and my head. Jesus said to him, He who has bathed
does not need except to wash his feet only,
for he is already all clean; so you are all clean,
but not everyone of you. For Jesus knew him who was to betray
him; therefore he said, Not everyone of you
is clean. When he had washed their feet, he put
on his robes and sat down; and he said to
them, Do you know what I have done to you? You call me, our Teacher and our Lord;
and what you say is well, for I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have
washed your feet, how much more should
you wash one another’s feet? For I have given you this as an example,
so that just as I have done to you, you should
also do. Truly, truly, I say to you, There is no
servant who is greater than his master; and
no apostle who is greater than he who sent
him. If you know these things, blessed are you
if you do them. I do not say this concerning all of you,
for I know those whom I have chosen; but
that the scripture might be fulfilled, He who
eats bread with me has lifted up his heel
against me. I tell you now before it happens, that
when it happens, you may believe that I am
he. Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives
him whom I send, receives me; and
he who receives me receives him who sent
me.
¶ Jesus said these things, and he was disturbed
in spirit, and testified and said, Truly,
truly, I say to you, one of you will betray
me. The disciples then looked at each other,
because they did not know concerning whom
he spoke. Now there was one of his disciples who
was leaning on his bosom, the one whom
Jesus loved. Simon Peter winked at to him, to ask
him of whom he spoke. So that disciple leaned himself on the
breast of Jesus, and said to him, My Lord,
who is he? Jesus answered and said, The one for
whom I dip bread and give to him. So Jesus
dipped the bread, and gave it to Judas, the
son of Simon of Iscariot. And after the bread, Satan took possession
of him. So Jesus said to him, What you
are going to do, do it soon. But no man of those who were sitting at
the table understood what he said to him. For some of them thought, because the
purse was with Judas, that he ordered him to
buy what was needed for the feast; or to give
something to the poor. Judas then received the bread and went
outside immediately; it was night when he
went out.
¶ Jesus then said, Now the Son of man is
glorified, and God is glorified by him. If God is glorified by him, God will also
glorify him by himself, and he will glorify
him at once. My sons, I am with you yet a little while,
and you will want me. And just as I said to
the Jews, Where I go you cannot come; so
now I tell you also. A new commandment I give you, that
you love one another; just as I have loved
you, that you also love one another. By this every man shall know that you
are my disciples, if you have love one for
another. Simon Peter said to him, Our Lord, where
are you going? Jesus answered and said to
him, Where I go, you cannot follow me now,
but you will follow later. Simon Peter said to him, My Lord, why
can I not follow you now? I will even lay
down my life for you. Jesus said to him, Will you lay down your
life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, The
cock shall not crow, until you have denied
me three times.
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