Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet

1 Before 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. 2 During the meal, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him, 3 and Jesus knew that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 he got up from the meal, laid aside his outer garments, took a towel, and tied it around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash except the feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For he knew who would betray him. This is why he said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12 When he had washed their feet, put on his outer garments, and reclined at the table again, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for that is what I am. 14 If I, then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, so that you also should do as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.