Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Lord’s Supper Is a Remembrance of What He Did For Us

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also handed-over^[a] to you— that the Lord Jesus, in the night on which He was being handed-over, took bread. ²⁴ And having given-thanks, He broke it and said “This is My body, the one being given^[b] for you. Be doing this for My remembrance”. ²⁵ Similarly also the cup after the dining^[c], saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. Be doing this, as-often-as you drink it, for My remembrance”. ²⁶ For as-often-as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord, until which time He comes.

Jesus Loves His Own To The End

13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus— knowing^[a] that His hour came for Him to pass from this world to the Father— having loved His own ones in the world, loved them to the end^[b].

At Dinner, Jesus Washes The Feet of The Twelve As an Example For Them To Follow

² And dinner taking-place^[c], the devil having already put into his heart that Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, should hand Him over— ³ Jesus, knowing^[d] that the Father gave Him all things into His hands, and that He came forth from God and is going to God, ⁴ arises from the dinner and lays-down His [outer] garments. And having taken a towel, He tied it around Himself. ⁵ Then He puts water into the wash-basin. And He began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel which had been tied-around Himself. ⁶ Then He comes to Simon Peter. He says to Him, “Lord, do You wash my feet?” ⁷ Jesus responded and said to him, “You do not know what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things”. ⁸ Peter says to Him, “You will never wash my feet, ever!” Jesus responded to him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part^[e] with Me”. ⁹ Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, wash not my feet only, but also the hands and the head!” ¹⁰ Jesus says to him, “The one having bathed has no need except to wash his feet, but is entirely clean. And you^[f] are clean— but not all of you”. ¹¹ For He knew the one handing Him over. For this reason He said that “You are not all clean”. ¹² Then when He washed their feet, and took His garments, and fell back again [to eat], He said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you? ¹³ You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’— and you speak rightly, for I am. ¹⁴ Therefore if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to be washing the feet of one another. ¹⁵ For I gave you an example, in order that you also should be doing just as I did for you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one having sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, you are blessed if you are doing them.

Then Jesus Says, Now God Was Glorified In Me. And He Will Yet Glorify Me

³¹ Then when he went out, Jesus says, “Now^[a] the Son of Man was glorified^[b], and God was glorified in Him. ³² If God was^[c] glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself— and will glorify Him immediately.

Where I Am Going You Cannot Come. Love One Another As I Have Loved You

³³ “Little-children, I am with you a little longer. You will seek Me, and just as I told the Jews that where I am going, you are not able to come, I also tell you now. ³⁴ I am giving you a new commandment— that you be loving one another; just as I loved you, that you also be loving one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are disciples to Me: if you are having love in-the-case-of ^[d] one another”.