John:13:1-17

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* Now before the feast of the Passover , when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father , having loved his own who were in the world , he loved them to the end . * And during supper , when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot , Simon 's son , to betray him , * Jesus , knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands , and that he had come from God and was going to God , * rose from supper , laid aside his garments , and girded himself with a towel . * Then 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 . * He came to Simon Peter ; and Peter said to him , "Lord , do you wash my feet ?" * Jesus answered him , "What I am doing you do not know now , but afterward you will understand ." * Peter said to him , "You shall never wash my feet ." Jesus answered him , "If I do not wash you , you have no part in me ." * Simon Peter said to him , "Lord , not my feet only but also my hands and my head !" * Jesus said to him , "He who has bathed does not need to wash , except for his feet , but he is clean all over ; and you are clean , but not every one of you ." * For he knew who was to betray him ; that was why he said , "You are not all clean ." * When he had washed their feet , and taken his garments , and resumed his place , he said to them , "Do you know what I have done to you ? * You call me Teacher and Lord ; and you are right , for so I am . * If I then , your Lord and Teacher , have washed your feet , you also ought to wash one another 's feet . * For I have given you an example , that you also should do as I have done to you . * Truly , truly , I say to you , a servant is not greater than his master ; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him . * If you know these things , blessed are you if you do them .

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