Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²³ The Lord gave me what I taught you. This is what it was. On the night when the Lord Jesus was sold to his enemies, he took bread.

²⁴ He thanked God for it. Then he broke it and said, `Take this bread and eat it. This is my body which is broken for you. Do this so that you will remember me.'

²⁵ In the same way, after they had eaten, he took the cup. He said, `This cup is the new agreement made by my blood. Every time you drink from this cup, do it to remember me.'

²⁶ Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you tell about the Lord's death, until he comes again.

13 Before the Passover Feast had started, Jesus saw that the time had come for him to leave this world. The time had come for him to go back to his Father. He loved his own people who were in the world. And he loved them the same way right to the end.

² He and his disciples were eating together. The devil had already put it into Judas' heart to give Jesus over to people who hated him. (Judas was the son of Simon Iscariot.)

³ Jesus knew that his Father had put everything into his hands. He knew he had come from God. He knew he was going back to God.

⁴ Jesus stood up where he had been eating. He took off his outer clothing. And he took a towel and tied it around him.

⁵ Then he poured water into a pan and began to wash the disciples' feet. He wiped their feet with the towel he had tied around him.

⁶ He came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, `Lord, are you going to wash my feet?'

⁷ Jesus answered him, `You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand it later.'

⁸ Peter said to him, `You will never wash my feet!' Jesus answered him, `If I do not wash you, then you do not belong to me.'

⁹ Simon Peter said to him, `Lord, wash my feet, and my hands, and my head also!'

¹⁰ Jesus said, `A person who has bathed himself needs to wash his feet only. He is all clean. You are clean, but not all of you.'

¹¹ Jesus knew who was going to give him over to people who hated him. That is why he said, `You are not all clean.'

¹² After Jesus had finished washing their feet, he took his gown and sat down again. `Do you understand what I have done to you?' he asked.

¹³ `You call me Master and Lord. What you say is right. I am your Master and Lord.

¹⁴ I am your Lord and Master and have washed your feet. If I do that, then you should wash one another's feet.

¹⁵ I have shown you what to do. Now you do as I have done.

¹⁶ I tell you the truth. The servant is not better than his master. The one who is sent is not better than the one who sent him.

¹⁷ Do you understand what I have told you? If you do, you will have much happiness for doing it.

³¹ When he had gone out, Jesus said, `Now the Son of Man is very great. And he has made God's name great.

³² If he has made God's name great, God also will make him great by his own power. He will do it right away.

³³ My children, I am with you for a short time longer. You will look for me. What I said to the Jews I say to you now: "You cannot come to the place where I am going."

³⁴ I give you a new law. That law is, "Love each other." As I have loved you, so you also love each other.

³⁵ This is how all people will know that you are my disciples.'