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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>John 13 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > John 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/12.htm" title="John 12">◄</a> John 13 <a href="../john/14.htm" title="John 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/john/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now before the Passover Festival, Jesus realized that his hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:1 Or loved them completely">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>By supper time, the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Because Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his control,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:3 Lit. hands">b</a></span> that he had come from God, and that he was returning to God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>therefore he got up from the table, removed his outer robe, and took a towel and fastened it around his waist. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus answered him, <span class="red">“You don’t realize now what I’m doing, but later on you’ll understand.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Peter told him, “You must never wash my feet!”</p> <p class="reg">Jesus answered him, <span class="red">“Unless I wash you, you cannot be involved with me.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Simon Peter told him, “Lord, not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus told him, <span class="red">“Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn’t need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:10 The Gk. lacks men">c</a></span> are clean, though not all of you.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For he knew who was going to betray him. That’s why he said, <span class="red">“Not all of you are clean.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:12 Lit. he">d</a></span> had washed their feet and put on his outer robe, he sat down again and told them, <span class="red">“Do you realize what I’ve done to you? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:13 Lit. you speak well">e</a></span> because that is what I am. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you must also wash one another’s feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I’ve set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Truly, I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:16 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">f</a></span> emphatically, a servant isn’t greater than his master, and a messenger isn’t greater than the one who sent him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I’m not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: ‘The one who ate bread with me<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:18 Other mss. read ate my bread">g</a></span> has turned against me.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:18 Lit. has lifted up his heel against me; cf. Ps 41:9">h</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I’m telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I AM. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Truly, I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:20 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">i</a></span> emphatically, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Betrayal</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/26.htm">Matthew 26:20-25</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/14.htm">Mark 14:17-21</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/22.htm">Luke 22:21-23</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled in spirit and declared solemnly, <span class="red">“Truly, I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:21 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">j</a></span> emphatically, one of you is going to betray me!”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The disciples began looking at one another, completely mystified about whom he was speaking. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus kept loving, had been sitting very close to him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So Simon Peter motioned to this man to ask Jesus about whom he was speaking. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Leaning forward on Jesus’ chest, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">“He is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:26 The Gk. lacks in the dish">k</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg">Then he took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:26 Other mss. read Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon">l</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>After he had taken the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, <span class="red">“Do quickly what you are going to do!”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now no one at the table knew why Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:28 Lit. he">m</a></span> said this to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So Judas<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:30 Lit. he">n</a></span> took the piece of bread, immediately went outside…and it was night.</p> <p class="heading">The New Commandment</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>After Judas<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:31 Lit. he">o</a></span> had gone out, Jesus said, <span class="red">“The Son of Man is now glorified, and God has been glorified by him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If God has been glorified by him,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:32 Other mss. lack If God has been glorified by him">p</a></span> God himself also will glorify the Son of Man,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:32 Lit. him">q</a></span> and he will do so<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:32 Lit. will glorify him">r</a></span> quickly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Little children, I’m with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:33 i.e. Judean leaders">s</a></span> I now tell you, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>I’m giving you a new commandment…to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/26.htm">Matthew 26:31-34</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/14.htm">Mark 14:27-31</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/22.htm">Luke 22:31-34</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”</p> <p class="reg">Jesus answered him, <span class="red">“I’m going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“Lord,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:37 Other mss. lack Lord">t</a></span> why can’t I follow you now?” Peter asked him. “I would lay down my life for you!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/13-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Jesus answered him, <span class="red">“Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:38 The Gk. pronoun you is sing.">u</a></span> emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 13:1 Or <i>loved them completely</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 13:3 Lit. <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 13:10 The Gk. lacks <i>men</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 13:12 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 13:13 Lit. <i>you speak well</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 13:16 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 13:18 Other mss. read <i>ate my bread</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 13:18 Lit. <i>has lifted up his heel against me</i>; cf. 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