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The Lord’s Supper
1Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [a]to the end.
2And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,
3Jesus, knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,
4*got up from supper and *laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and tied it around Himself.
Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
5Then He *poured water into the basin, and began washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself.
6So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?”
7Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand later.”
8Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no [b]place with Me.”
9Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”
10Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And you are clean—but [c]not all of you.”
11For He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
12Then, when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?
13You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and [d]you are correct, for so I am.
14So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15For I gave you an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you.
16Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is [e]one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
18I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have chosen; but this is happening so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’
19From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He.
20Truly, truly I say to you, the one who [f]receives anyone I send, [g]receives Me; and the one who [h]receives Me [i]receives Him who sent Me.”
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
21When Jesus had said these things, He became troubled in spirit, and [j]testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that one of you will [k]betray Me.”
22The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
23Lying back on Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, whom Jesus