1 And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour has come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who are in the world -- to the end he loved them.
2 And supper being come, the devil already having put it into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver him up,
3 Jesus knowing that all things the Father has given to him -- into his hands, and that from God he came forth, and unto God he goes,
4 does rise from the supper, and does lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;
5 afterward he putts water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded.
6 He comes, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one said to him, 'Sir, you -- do you wash my feet?'
7 Jesus answered and said to him, 'That which I do you have not known now, but you shall know after these things;'
8 Peter said to him, 'You may not wash my feet -- to the age.' Jesus answered him, 'If I may not wash you, you have no part with me;'
9 Simon Peter said to him, 'Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.'
10 Jesus said to him, 'He who has been bathed has no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and you are clean, but not all;'
11 for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, 'You are not all clean.'
12 When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, 'Do you know what I have done to you?
13 you call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and you say well, for I am;
14 if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- you also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 'For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, you also may do;
16 verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;
17 if these things you have known, happy are you, if you may do them;