Conquest of Egypt Predicted

44 The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in ^(A)Migdol, ^(B)Tahpanhes, ^(C)Memphis, and the land of ^(D)Pathros, saying, ² “This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘You yourselves have seen all the disaster that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ^(E)ruins and no one lives in them, ^3 (F)because of their wickedness which they committed to ^(G)provoke Me to anger by continuing to ^(H)burn ^[a]sacrifices and to ^(I)serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. ⁴ Yet I ^(J)sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this ^(K)abominable thing which I hate.” ⁵ But ^(L)they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn ^[b]sacrifices to other gods. ⁶ Therefore My ^(M)wrath and My anger gushed out and burned in the ^(N)cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a ^(O)desolation as it is this day. ⁷ Now then, this is what the Lord God of armies, the God of Israel says: “Why are you ^(P)doing great harm to yourselves, to ^(Q)eliminate from yourselves man and woman, child and infant from among Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant, ^8 (R)provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, ^(S)burning ^[c]sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt where you are entering to reside, so that you may be eliminated and become a ^(T)curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth? ⁹ Have you forgotten the ^(U)wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁰ Yet they ^(V)have not become ^[d]contrite even to this day, nor have they feared, nor ^(W)walked in My Law or My statutes, which I placed before you and before your fathers.”’

¹¹ “Therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to ^(X)set My face against you for a disaster, even to eliminate all Judah. ¹² And I will ^(Y)take away the remnant of Judah who have set their ^[e]minds on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all ^[f](Z)meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword or meet their end by famine. From the small to the great, they will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a ^(AA)curse, an object of horror, ^[g]an imprecation, and a disgrace. ¹³ And I will ^(AB)punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with plague. ¹⁴ So there will be ^(AC)no survivor or refugee for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are ^[h](AD)longing to return to live; for none will ^(AE)return except a few refugees.’”

Thankfulness for Spiritual Attainments

1 ^(A)Paul, ^(B)an apostle of Christ Jesus ^[a](C)by the will of God, and ^(D)Timothy ^[b]our brother,

² To the ^[c](E)saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: ^(F)Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

^3 (G)We ^[d]give thanks to God, ^(H)the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ^4 (I)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the ^(J)love which you have ^[e]for ^(K)all the ^[f]saints; ⁵ because of the ^(L)hope ^(M)reserved for you in ^[g]heaven, of which you previously ^(N)heard in the word of truth, ^[h]the gospel ⁶ which has come to you, just as ^[i](O)in all the world also it is bearing ^(P)fruit and ^[j]increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you ^(Q)heard it and ^[k]understood the grace of God in truth; ⁷ just as you learned it from ^(R)Epaphras, our ^(S)beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, ⁸ and he also informed us of your ^(T)love in the Spirit.

⁹ For this reason we also, ^(U)since the day we heard about it, ^(V)have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the ^[l](W)knowledge of His will in all spiritual ^(X)wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰ so that you will ^(Y)walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, ^[m](Z)to please Him in all respects, ^(AA)bearing fruit in every good work and ^[n]increasing in the ^[o]knowledge of God; ^11 (AB)strengthened with all power, according to ^[p]His glorious might, ^[q]for the attaining of all perseverance and ^[r]patience; ^(AC)joyously ¹² giving thanks to ^(AD)the Father, who has qualified us ^[s]to share in ^(AE)the inheritance of the ^[t]saints in ^(AF)light.

The Incomparable Christ

^13 [u]For He rescued us from the ^[v](AG)domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of ^[w](AH)His beloved Son, ^14 (AI)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

^15 [x]He is the ^(AJ)image of the ^(AK)invisible God, the ^(AL)firstborn of all creation: ¹⁶ for ^[y](AM)by Him all things were created, ^(AN)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(AO)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—^(AP)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He ^[z](AQ)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[aa]hold together. ¹⁸ He is also the ^(AR)head of ^(AS)the body, the church; and He is ^(AT)the beginning, ^(AU)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. ¹⁹ For ^[ab]it was ^(AV)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(AW)the ^[ac]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(AX)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(AY)whether things on earth or things in ^[ad]heaven, having made ^(AZ)peace through ^(BA)the blood of His cross.

¹⁵ Then ^(A)all the men who were aware that their wives were burning ^[a]sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, ^[b]including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying, ¹⁶ “As for the ^[c](B)message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^(C)we are not going to listen to you! ¹⁷ But we will certainly ^(D)carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, ^[d]by burning ^[e]sacrifices to the ^(E)queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as ^(F)we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had ^(G)plenty of ^[f]food and were well off and saw no ^[g]misfortune. ¹⁸ But since we stopped burning ^[h]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have ^(H)lacked everything, and have met our end by the sword and by famine.” ¹⁹ “And,” said the women, “when we were ^(I)burning ^[i]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and ^[j]pouring out drink offerings to her, was it ^(J)without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes ^[k]in her image, and poured out drink offerings to her?”

Disaster for the Jews

²⁰ Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving him such an answer—saying, ²¹ “As for the ^[l](K)smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the ^(L)streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your leaders, and the people of the land, did the Lord not ^(M)remember them, and did all of this not come into His ^[m]mind? ²² So the Lord was ^(N)no longer able to endure it, ^(O)because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; so your land has become a ^(P)place of ruins, an object of horror, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day. ²³ Since you have burned ^[n]sacrifices and have sinned against the Lord and ^(Q)not obeyed the voice of the Lord nor ^(R)walked in His Law, His statutes, or His testimonies, therefore this ^(S)disaster has happened to you, as it has this day.”

²⁴ Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “^(T)Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are ^(U)in the land of Egypt! ²⁵ This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel ^[o]says: ‘As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, “We will ^(V)certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn ^[p]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” ^(W)By all means fulfill your vows, and be sure to perform your vows!’ ^26 [q]In return, hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have ^(X)sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that My name shall ^(Y)never be invoked again by the mouth of anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “^(Z)As the Lord ^[r]God lives.” ²⁷ Behold, I am watching over them ^(AA)for harm and not for good, and ^(AB)all the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will ^[s]meet their end by the sword or by famine until they ^[t]are completely gone. ^28 (AC)Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah ^[u](AD)few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know ^(AE)whose word will stand, Mine or theirs. ²⁹ And this will be the ^(AF)sign to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that ^(AG)My words will assuredly stand against you for harm.’ ³⁰ This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to hand ^(AH)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to his enemies, to those who seek his life, just as I handed ^(AI)Zedekiah king of Judah over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”

The Lord’s Supper

13 Now before the Feast of ^(A)the Passover, Jesus, knowing that ^(B)His hour had come that He would depart from this world ^(C)to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them ^[a]to the end. ² And during supper, ^(D)the devil having already put into the heart of ^(E)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, ³ Jesus, ^(F)knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that ^(G)He had come forth from God and was going back to God, ⁴ *got up from supper and *laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and ^(H)tied it around Himself.

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

⁵ Then He *poured water into the basin, and began ^(I)washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself. ⁶ So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?” ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand ^(J)later.” ⁸ Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “^(K)If I do not wash you, ^(L)you have no ^[b]place with Me.” ⁹ Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰ Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And ^(M)you are clean—but ^[c]not all of you.” ¹¹ For ^(N)He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹² Then, when He had washed their feet, and ^(O)taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³ You call Me ^(P)‘Teacher’ and ^(Q)‘Lord’; and ^[d]you are correct, for so I am. ¹⁴ So if I, ^(R)the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ For I gave you ^(S)an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly I say to you, ^(T)a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^(U)[e]one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, you are ^(V)blessed if you do them. ^18 (W)I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have ^(X)chosen; but this is happening ^(Y)so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘^(Z)He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’ ¹⁹ From now on ^(AA)I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that ^(AB)I am He. ²⁰ Truly, truly I say to you, ^(AC)the one who ^[f]receives anyone I send, ^[g]receives Me; and the one who ^[h]receives Me ^[i]receives Him who sent Me.”

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹ When Jesus had said these things, He ^(AD)became troubled in spirit, and ^[j]testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that ^(AE)one of you will ^[k]betray Me.” ²² The disciples began looking at one another, ^(AF)at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. ²³ Lying back on ^(AG)Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, ^(AH)whom Jesus loved. ²⁴ So Simon Peter *nodded to this disciple and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.” ²⁵ He then simply ^(AI)leaned back on Jesus’ chest and *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶ Jesus then *answered, “That man is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He *took and *gave it to Judas, ^(AJ)the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ After ^[l]this, ^(AK)Satan then ^(AL)entered him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.” ²⁸ Now none of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. ²⁹ For some were assuming, since Judas ^(AM)kept the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we need ^(AN)for the feast”; or else, that he was to ^[m](AO)give something to the poor. ³⁰ So after receiving the piece of bread, he left immediately; and ^(AP)it was night.

³¹ Therefore when he had left, Jesus *said, “Now ^[n]is ^(AQ)the Son of Man ^(AR)glorified, and ^(AS)God ^[o]is glorified in Him; ^32 [p]if God is glorified in Him, ^(AT)God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. ^33 (AU)Little children, I am still with you ^(AV)a little longer. ^(AW)You will look for Me; and just as I said to the ^[q]Jews, now I also say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ ³⁴ I am giving you a ^(AX)new commandment, ^(AY)that you love one another; ^(AZ)just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ^35 (BA)By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”

³⁶ Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “^(BB)Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but ^(BC)you will follow later.” ³⁷ Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? ^(BD)I will lay down my life for You.” ³⁸ Jesus *replied, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly I say to you, ^(BE)a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.