John 13

1Before the Passover festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

2During supper, the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.

3Jesus knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.

4So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around his waist.

5Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around him.

6He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

7Jesus answered him, “You do not understand now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

8Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.”

9Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, then not just my feet, but my hands and my head too!”

10Jesus said to him, “Whoever has bathed needs only to wash his feet; he is completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

11For he knew who was going to betray him. That was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12When he had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he reclined at the table again and said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you?

13You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right to say so, for that is what I am.

14So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

15For I have given you an example, so that you also may do just as I have done for you.

16Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

18I am not speaking about all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’

19I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe that I am he.

20Truly, truly I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

21After Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and he declared, “Truly, truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

22The disciples looked at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant.

23One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining at the table close beside Jesus.

24So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus whom he was talking about.

25So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus’ chest, said to him, “Lord, who is it?”

26Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he took it and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

27After Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

28But no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

29Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

30So after receiving the piece of bread, Judas went out immediately. And it was night.

31When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will glorify him at once.

33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you also: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

34I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

36Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

37Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

38Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I tell you, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.”