²⁷ For who is the greater, ^(A)one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But ^(B)I am among you as the one who serves.

²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be served but ^(A)to serve, and ^(B)to give his life as a ransom for ^(C)many.”

^37 (A)Blessed are those servants^[a] whom the master finds ^(B)awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, ^(C)he will dress himself for service and ^(D)have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ^(A)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

⁵ Then 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. ⁶ He 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.” ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰ Jesus 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.”

¹² When 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. ¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ^(N)you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, ^(O)that you also should do just as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(P)a servant^[c] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

⁷ but ^(A)emptied himself, by taking the form of a ^(B)servant,^{[a] (C)}being born in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in human form, he humbled himself by ^(D)becoming obedient to the point of death, ^(E)even death on a cross.

Unworthy Servants

⁷ “Will any one of you who has a servant^[a] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? ⁸ Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and ^(A)dress properly,^[b] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? ⁹ Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?