John 13:4-15

⁴*got up from supper and *laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and tied it around Himself.

⁵Then He *poured water into the basin, and began washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself. ⁶So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?” ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand later.” ⁸Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no place with Me.” ⁹Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And you are clean—but not all of you.” ¹¹For He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹²Then, when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am. ¹⁴So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I gave you an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you.