John 13:4-14

⁴Rose from his place, and, taking off his upper garments, tied a towel around his waist.

⁵He then poured some water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel which was tied around him.

⁶When he came to Simon Peter, Peter said, “You, Master! Are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷“You do not understand now what I am doing,” replied Jesus, “but you will learn by and by.”

⁸“You will never wash my feet!” exclaimed Peter. “Unless I wash you,” answered Jesus, “you have nothing in common with me.”

⁹“Then, Master, not my feet only,” exclaimed Simon Peter, “but also my hands and my head.”

¹⁰“He who has bathed,” replied Jesus, “has no need to wash, unless it be his feet, but is altogether clean; and you,” he said to the disciples, “are clean, yet not all of you.”

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;