III. The Book of Glory^[a]

Chapter 13

The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet.^{[b] 1} Before the feast of Passover,^[c] Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.^{(A) 2} The devil had already induced^[d] Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper,^{(B) 3} fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God,^{(C) 4} he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. ^5 [e]Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet^(D) and dry them with the towel around his waist. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?” ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” ⁸ Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”^{(E) 9} Simon Peter said to him, “Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.” ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “Whoever has bathed^[f] has no need except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean, but not all.”^{(F) 11} For he knew who would betray him; for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”^(G)

¹² So when he had washed their feet [and] put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? ¹³ You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.^{(H) 14} If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.^{(I) 16} Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger^[g] greater than the one who sent him.^{(J) 17} If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.