John 13:11-29

¹¹For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said ‘You are not all clean.’

¹²When he had washed their feet, and had put on his upper garments and taken his place, he spoke to them again. “Do you understand what I have been doing to you?” he asked.

¹³“You yourselves call me ‘the teacher’ and ‘the Master’, and you are right, for I am both.

¹⁴If I, then — ‘the Master’ and ‘the teacher’ — have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet;

¹⁵for I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.

¹⁶In truth I tell you, a servant is not greater than their master, neither is a messenger greater than the one who sends them.

¹⁷Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

¹⁸I am not speaking about all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but this is in fulfilment of the words of scripture — ‘He that is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

¹⁹For the future I will tell you of things before they take place, so that, when they take place, you may believe that I am what I am.

²⁰In truth I tell you, the one who receives anyone that I send receives me; and the person who receives me receives him who sent me.”

²¹After saying this, Jesus was much troubled, and said solemnly, “In truth I tell you that it is one of you who will betray me.”

²²The disciples looked at one another, wondering whom he meant.

²³Next to Jesus, in the place on his right hand, was one of his disciples, whom he loved.

²⁴So Simon Peter made signs to that disciple, and whispered, “Tell me who it is that he means.”

²⁵Being in this position, that disciple leant back on Jesus' shoulder, and asked him, “Who is it, Master?”

²⁶“It is the one,” answered Jesus, “to whom I will give a piece of bread after dipping it in the dish.” And, when Jesus had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot;

²⁷and it was then, after he had received it, that Satan took possession of him. So Jesus said to him, “Do at once what you are going to do.”

²⁸But no one at the table understood why he said this to Judas.

²⁹Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.