Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13 Now before the feast of Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, and^[a] having loved his^[b] own in the world, loved them to the end. ² And as^[c] a dinner was taking place, when^[d] the devil had already put into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot that he should betray him, ³ because he^[e] knew that the Father had given him all things into his^[f] hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God, ⁴ he got up from the dinner and took off his^[g] outer clothing, and taking a towel, tied it^[h] around himself. ⁵ Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them^[i] dry with the towel which he had tied around himself.^[j]

⁶ Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, 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 after these things.” ⁸ Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet forever!”^[k] Jesus replied to him, “Unless I wash you, you do not have a share with me.” ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my^[l] hands and my^[m] head!” ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed only needs^[n] to wash his^[o] feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all of you.” ¹¹ (For he knew the one who would betray him; because of this he said, “Not all of you are clean.”)