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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"><title>John 13</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/john/">John</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/john/13.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/john/13.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/john/13.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/john/13.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/john/13.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/john/13.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/john/13.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew 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 very end.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”</span> <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. <p class="reg"> Jesus answered, <span class="red">“Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”</span> <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus told him, <span class="red">“Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”</span> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, <span class="red">“Not all of you are clean.”</span> <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, <span class="red">“Do you know what I have done for you? <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.</span> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Predicts His Betrayal<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/41.htm">Psalm 41:1–13</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.” <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, <span class="red">“Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”</span> <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?” <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">“It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.”</span> Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. <p class="reg"> Then Jesus said to Judas, <span class="red">“What you are about to do, do quickly.”</span> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night. <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">Love One Another<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/12.htm#9">Romans 12:9–13</a>; <a href ="../1_john/3.htm#11">1 John 3:11–24</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, <span class="red">“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If God is glorified in Him,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.</span> <A name="34"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ <A name="35"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/26.htm#31">Matthew 26:31–35</a>; <a href ="../mark/14.htm#27">Mark 14:27–31</a>; <a href ="../luke/22.htm#31">Luke 22:31–38</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. <p class="reg"> Jesus answered, <span class="red">“Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”</span> <A name="38"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.” <p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/13-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“Will you lay down your life for Me?”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.</span></p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>He showed them the full extent of His love.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../john/15.htm#20">John 15:20</a><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <a href="../psalms/41.htm#9">Psalm 41:9</a><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Greek <i>was reclining in the bosom of Jesus</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> WH does not include <i>If God is glorified in Him</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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