¹² When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.

⁷ Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”^(A)

⁴ so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.^(A)

²⁴ Ezekiel^(A) will be a sign^(B) to you; you will do just as he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’

⁵¹ “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked.

“Yes,” they replied.

¹⁹ Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things have to do with us?^(A) Why are you acting like this?”

¹³ Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?