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13 Now, before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come (that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world) He loved them to the end.
2 And when supper was done (and the devil had now put in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him),
3 Jesus - knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and went to God -
4 He rose from supper and laid aside His garments and took a towel and wrapped Himself.
5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel in which He was wrapped.
6 Then He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, “Lord, You wash my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do, you do not know now. But you shall know it hereafter.”
8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you shall have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.”
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is washed needs only to wash his feet, but is wholly clean. And you are clean, but not all.”
11 For He knew who would betray Him. Therefore, He said, “You are not all clean.”
12 So, after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 “You call Me Master, and Lord. And you say well. For so I am.
14 “If I, then, your Lord and Master, has washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 “For I have given you an example, so that you should do just as I have done to you.
16 “Truly, truly I say to you, the servant is not greater than his master, nor the messenger greater than the one who sent him.
17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
18 “I do not speak of you all. I know whom I have chosen. But it is so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’
19 “From now on I tell you before it comes, so that when it has happened, you might believe that I am He.
20 “Truly, truly I say to you, anyone who receives whom I shall send, receives Me. And anyone who receives Me, receives Him Who sent Me.”
21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in Spirit, and testified, and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, that one of you shall betray Me.”
22 Then the disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom He spoke.
23 Now, there was one of His disciples, who leaned on Jesus’ bosom, whom Jesus loved.
24 Therefore, Simon Peter motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.
25 Then, as he leaned on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is him to whom I shall give a morsel, when I have dipped it.” And He wet a morsel of bread, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.
27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “That you do, do quickly.”
28 But none of them who were at table knew why He said this to him.
29 For some of them thought Jesus had said that to him because Judas had the bag to buy those things we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Then, as soon as he had received the morsel, he immediately went out. And it was night.
31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
32 “If God is glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall immediately glorify Him.
33 “Little children, I am still with you a little while longer. You shall seek Me, but as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’, so also I say to you now.
34 “A new Commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
35 “By this shall all know that you are My disciples - if you have love one to another.”
36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I go you cannot follow Me now. But you shall follow Me afterward.”
37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down My life for your sake!”
38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Truly, truly I say to you, the cock shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.”
14 “Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 “In My Father’s House are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 “And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there may you be also.
4 “And where I go, you know; and the way you know.”
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we don’t know where You’re going. How, then, can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, if not by Me.
7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also. And henceforth, you know Him, and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it will satisfy us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “I have been with you such a long time, and have you not known Me, Philip? Whoever has seen Me, has seen the Father. How then can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”
10 “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of Myself. But the Father who dwells in Me, He does the works.
11 “Believe Me, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me. At the least, believe Me for the very works’ sake.
12 “Truly, truly I say to you, whoever believes in Me, the works that I do, he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do. For I go to My Father.
13 “And whatever you ask in My Name, that will I do; so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 “If you shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, keep My Commandments.
16 “And I will ask the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever;
17 the Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him. For He dwells with you and shall be in you.
18 “I will not leave you fatherless. I will come to you.
19 “Yet a little while, and the world shall see Me no more. But you shall see Me. Because I live, you shall live also.
20 “At that day, you shall know that I am in My Father; and you in Me; and I in you.
21 Whoever has My Commandments, and keeps them, is he who loves Me. And whoever loves Me, shall be loved by My Father. And I will love him and will show Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, why do You show Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered, and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word. And My Father will love him. And We will come to him and will dwell with him.
24 “Whoever does not love Me, does not keep My Words. And the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s, Who sent Me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you, being present with you.
26 “But the Comforter (Who is the Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My Name) He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance which I have told you.
27 “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor fear.
28 “You have heard how I said to you, ‘I go away, and will come to you’. If you loved Me, you would truly rejoice, because I said, ‘I go to the Father’, for the Father is greater than Me.
29 “And now have I spoken to you before it comes, so that when it has happened you might believe.
30 “I will no longer speak many things to you. For the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in Me,
31 “But that the world may know that I love My Father. And as the Father has commanded Me, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.”
15 “I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
2 “Every branch that does not bear fruit in Me, He takes away. And every one that bears fruit, He prunes it, so that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 “Now, you are clean, through the Word which I have spoken to you.
4 “Abide in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the Vine. You are the branches. Whoever abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit. For without Me, you can do nothing.
6 “If one does not abide in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and withers. And they are gathered up and cast into the fire, and they burn.
7 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask what you will and it shall be done to you.
8 “In this My Father is glorified, so that you bear much fruit and are made My disciples.
9 “As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Continue in My love.
10 “If you shall keep My Commandments, you shall abide in My love (as I have kept My Father’s Commandments and abide in His love).
11 “These things I have spoken to you, so that My joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full.
12 “This is My Commandment: that you love one another, as I have loved you.
13 “No one has greater love than this: when he lays down his life for his friends.
14 “You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 “I no longer call you servants. For the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends. For all things that I have heard from My Father, I have made known to you.
16 “You have not chosen Me. But I have chosen you, and ordained you, so that you go and bring forth fruits and that your fruit remains, so that whatever you shall ask of the Father in My Name, He may give it you.
17 “These things I command you, so that you love one another.
18 “If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before you.
19 “If you were of the world, the world would love his own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 “Remember the Word that I said to you, ‘the servant is not greater than his master’. If they have persecuted Me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept My Word, they will also keep yours.
21 “But all these things they will do to you for My Name’s sake, because they have not known Him who sent Me.
22 “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin. But now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 “Whoever hates Me, hates My Father also.
24 “If I had not done works among those whom no other did, they would not have sin. Now, however, they have both seen and hated both My Father and Me.
25 But this is so the Word which is written in their Law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause’.
26 “But when that Comforter shall come, Whom I will send to you from the Father (even the Spirit of Truth, Who proceeds from the Father) He shall testify of Me.
27 “And you also shall witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.”
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