Study Desk

Now before the Feast of ^(a)the Passover, Jesus knowing that ^(b)His hour had come that He would depart out of this world ^(c)to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them ^[a]to the end.

During supper, ^(d)the devil having already put into the heart of ^(e)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

Jesus, ^(f)knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that ^(g)He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

*got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He ^(h)girded Himself.

Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to ⁽ⁱ⁾wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"

Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand ^(j)hereafter."

Peter *said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "^(k)If I do not wash you, ^(l)you have no part with Me."

Simon Peter *said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

Jesus *said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and ^(m)you are clean, but not all of you."

For ⁽ⁿ⁾He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean."

So when He had washed their feet, and ^(o)taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?

You call Me ^(p)Teacher and ^(q)Lord; and ^[b]you are right, for so I am.

If I then, ^(r)the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

For I gave you ^(s)an example that you also should do as I did to you.

Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(t)a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^(u)one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

If you know these things, you are ^(v)blessed if you do them.

^(w)I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have ^(x)chosen; but it is ^(y)that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘^(z) He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me .'

From now on ^(aa)I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that ^(ab)I am He.

Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(ac)he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."