Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13 Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.^[a]

³⁴ So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

²³ Jesus replied, “Now the time has come for the Son of Man^[a] to enter into his glory.

¹⁹ We love each other^[a] because he loved us first.

²⁸ Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.”

³ Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.

²⁵ For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her ²⁶ to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.^[a]

¹⁶ They do not belong to this world any more than I do.

⁹ “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. ¹⁰ All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. ¹¹ Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;^[a] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.

⁵⁵ It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.