John 13:6

Easy-to-Read Version

He came to Simon Peter. But Peter said to him, "Lord, you should not wash my feet."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

King James Version (1611)
Then commeth he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith vnto him, Lord, doest thou wash my feete?

King James Version
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

English Standard Version
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

New American Standard Bible
So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, You are washing my feet?"

New Century Version
Jesus came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Amplified Bible
When He came to Simon Peter, he said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"

Legacy Standard Bible
So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

Berean Standard Bible
He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

Contemporary English Version
But when he came to Simon Peter, that disciple asked, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Complete Jewish Bible
He came to Shim‘on Kefa, who said to him, "Lord! You are washing my feet?"

Darby Translation
He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and *he* says to him, Lord, dost thou wash *my* feet?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came he to Simon Peter, who sayd to him, Lord, doest thou wash my feete?

George Lamsa Translation
When he came to Simon Peter, Simon said to him, You, my Lord, are you going to wash my feet?

Good News Translation
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Are you going to wash my feet, Lord?"

Lexham English Bible
Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Literal Translation
He then came to Simon Peter. And that one said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet?

American Standard Version
So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Bible in Basic English
So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

Hebrew Names Version
Then he came to Shim`on Kefa. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

International Standard Version
Then he came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"Matthew 3:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But when he came to Shemun Kipha, Shemun said to him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me ?

Murdock Translation
And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said to him: Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde vnto hym: Lorde, doest thou wasshe my feete?

English Revised Version
So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

World English Bible
Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then cometh he to Simon Peter, who saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Weymouth's New Testament
When He came to Simon Peter, Peter objected. "Master," he said, "are *you* going to wash my feet?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so he cam to Symount Petre, and Petre seith to hym, Lord, waischist thou my feet?

Update Bible Version
So he comes to Simon Peter. He says to him, Lord, do you wash my feet?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he cometh to Simon Peter: and Peter saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

New English Translation
Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

New King James Version
Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, "Lord, are You washing my feet?"

New Living Translation
When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

New Life Bible
Jesus came to Simon Peter. Peter said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

New Revised Standard
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he cometh unto Simon Peter. He saith unto him - Lord, dost, thou, wash my feet?

Douay-Rheims Bible
He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Revised Standard Version
He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde to him: Lorde shalt thou wesshe my fete?

Young's Literal Translation
He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou -- dost thou wash my feet?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came he vnto Symon Peter, and ye same sayde vnto him: LORDE, shalt thou washe my fete?

Mace New Testament (1729)
then coming to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, Lord, what! would you wash my feet?

Simplified Cowboy Version
When he got to Pete, Pete said, "I ain't gonna let you lower yourself on my account. You ain't washin' my feet, Boss."

Contextual Overview

¹ It was almost time for the Jewish Passover festival. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. Jesus had always loved the people in the world who were his. Now was the time he showed them his love the most. ² Jesus and his followers were at the evening meal. The devil had already persuaded Judas Iscariot to hand Jesus over to his enemies. (Judas was the son of Simon.) ³ The Father had given Jesus power over everything. Jesus knew this. He also knew that he had come from God. And he knew that he was going back to God. ⁴ So while they were eating, Jesus stood up and took off his robe. He got a towel and wrapped it around his waist. ⁵ Then he poured water into a bowl and began to wash the followers' feet. He dried their feet with the towel that was wrapped around his waist. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter. But Peter said to him, "Lord, you should not wash my feet." ⁷ Jesus answered, "You don't know what I am doing now. But later you will understand." ⁸ Peter said, "No! You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "If I don't wash your feet, you are not one of my people." ⁹ Simon Peter said, "Lord, after you wash my feet, wash my hands and my head too!" ¹⁰ Jesus said, "After a person has a bath, his whole body is clean. He needs only to wash his feet. And you are clean, but not all of you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Peter: Gr. he

Lord: John 1:27, Matthew 3:11-14, Luke 5:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:18 - General Exodus 18:17 - not good 2 Samuel 6:20 - glorious Jeremiah 13:2 - according Matthew 3:14 - John Matthew 8:8 - I am Matthew 16:22 - began Mark 8:32 - Peter John 13:8 - If

Cross-References

Genesis 13:6
Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together.

Genesis 13:7
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked and saw the whole Jordan Valley. He saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord 's Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The two men separated, and Lot began traveling east.

Genesis 13:17
So go. Walk through your land. I now give it to you."

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord .

1 Timothy 6:9
People who want to be rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. These things ruin and destroy people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then cometh he to Simon Peter,.... After having washed the feet of some of the disciples, as is thought by some interpreters, and particularly the feet of Judas, without any repulse; though others are of opinion that he began with Peter, who modestly, and out of reverence to him, refuses to be washed by him:

and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet! he speaks as one surprised and astonished that Christ should offer to do any such thing to him; that he, who was the Son of the living God, should wash the feet of such a sinful man as he was; that those hands, with which he had wrought such miracles, as the opening the eyes of the blind, cleansing lepers, and raising the dead, should be employed in washing his defiled feet, the meaner and inferior parts of his body; this he thought was greatly below his dignity and character, and too much to be done by him to such a worthless creature as he was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dost thou wash my feet? - Every word here is emphatic. Dost thou - the Son of God, the Messiah - perform the humble office of a servant - toward me, a sinner? This was an expression of Peter’s humility, of his reverence for Jesus, and also a refusal to allow him to do it. It is possible, though not certain from the text, that he came to Simon Peter first.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 13:6. Lord, dost THOU wash MY feet? — Every word here is exceedingly emphatic. Peter had often seen the great humility of his Lord, but never saw his condescension so particularly marked as in this instance.