John 13:5-15

English Standard Version

⁵Then he ^(A)poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. ⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” ⁷^(B)Jesus answered him, “What I am doing ^(C)you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” ⁸^(D)Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, ^(E)“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” ⁹Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, ^(F)except for his feet,^[a] but is completely clean. And ^(G)you^[b] are clean, ^(H)but not every one of you.” ¹¹^(I)For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹²When he had washed their feet and ^(J)put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, ^(K)“Do you understand what I have done to you? ¹³^(L)You call me ^(M)Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. ¹⁴If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ^(N)you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵For I have given you an example, ^(O)that you also should do just as I have done to you.