New Testament in a Year

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

13 Before the Passover festival, Yeshua knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. Yeshua loved his own who were in the world, and he loved them to the end.

² While supper was taking place, the devil had already put the idea of betraying Yeshua into the mind of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.

³ The Father had put everything in Yeshua’s control. Yeshua knew that. He also knew that he had come from God and was going back to God. ⁴ So he got up from the table, removed his outer clothes, took a towel, and tied it around his waist. ⁵ Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that he had tied around his waist.

⁶ When Yeshua came to Simon Peter, Peter asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷ Yeshua answered Peter, “You don’t know now what I’m doing. You will understand later.”

⁸ Peter told Yeshua, “You will never wash my feet.”

Yeshua replied to Peter, “If I don’t wash you, you don’t belong to me.”

⁹ Simon Peter said to Yeshua, “Lord, don’t wash only my feet. Wash my hands and my head too!”

¹⁰ Yeshua told Peter, “People who have washed are completely clean. They need to have only their feet washed. All of you, except for one, are clean.” ¹¹ (Yeshua knew who was going to betray him. That’s why he said, “All of you, except for one, are clean.”)

¹² After Yeshua had washed their feet and put on his outer clothes, he took his place at the table again. Then he asked his disciples, “Do you understand what I’ve done for you? ¹³ You call me teacher and Lord, and you’re right because that’s what I am. ¹⁴ So if I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you must wash each other’s feet. ¹⁵ I’ve given you an example that you should follow. ¹⁶ I can guarantee this truth: Slaves are not superior to their owners, and messengers are not superior to the people who send them. ¹⁷ If you understand all of this, you are blessed whenever you follow my example.

¹⁸ “I’m not talking about all of you. I know the people I’ve chosen to be apostles. However, I’ve made my choice so that Scripture will come true. It says, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’ ¹⁹ I’m telling you now before it happens. Then, when it happens, you will believe that I am the one.

²⁰ “I can guarantee this truth: Whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”