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Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me.

There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?

Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.

So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.

See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you: