Now before ^athe Passover Feast, Jesus knew that ^bHis hour had come and it was time for Him to leave this world and return ^cto the Father. Having greatly loved His own who were in the world, He loved them and continuously loves them with His perfect love to the end (eternally) . 2 It was during supper, when ^athe devil had already put the thought of betraying Jesus into the heart of ^bJudas Iscariot, Simon’s son, 3 that Jesus, ^aknowing that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that ^bHe had come from God and was now returning to God, 4 got up from supper, took off His outer robe, and taking a servant’s towel, He ^atied it around His waist.

5 Then He poured water into the basin and began ^awashing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which was tied around His waist. 6 When He came to Simon Peter, he said to Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied to him, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but you will fully understand it ^alater.” 8 Peter said to Him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered, “^aUnless I wash you, ^byou have no part with Me we can have nothing to do with each other.” 9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, in that case, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And ^ayou My disciples are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For ^aHe knew who was going to betray Him; for that reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12 So when He had washed their feet and ^aput on His outer robe and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you? 13 You call Me ^aTeacher and ^bLord, and you are right in doing so, for that is who I am. 14 So if I, ^athe Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet as well. 15 For I gave you this as ^aan example, so that you should do in turn as I did to you. 16 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, ^aa slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^bone who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you are ^ablessed happy and favored by God if you put them into practice and faithfully do them. 18 ^aI am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have ^bchosen; but this has happened in order ^cthat the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘^dHE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS RAISED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME as My enemy.’ Ps 41:9 19 From now on ^aI am telling you what will happen before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may believe that ^bI am He who I say I am—the Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah. 20 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, ^athe one who receives and welcomes whomever I send receives Me; and the one who receives Me receives Him who sent Me in that same way.”

21 After Jesus had said these things, He ^awas ¹troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, ^bone of you will betray Me and hand Me over.” 22 The disciples began looking at one another, ^apuzzled and disturbed as to whom He could mean. 23 ¹One of His disciples, ^awhom Jesus loved (esteemed) , was ²leaning against ^bJesus’ chest. 24 So Simon Peter motioned to him (John) and quietly asked him to ask Jesus of whom He was speaking. 25 Then ^aleaning back against Jesus’ chest, he (John) asked Him privately, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I am going to give this piece of bread after I have dipped it.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread into the dish, He gave it to Judas, ^ason of Simon Iscariot. 27 After Judas had taken the piece of bread, ^aSatan ^bentered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly without delay.” 28 But no one reclining at the table knew why He said this to him. 29 Some thought that, since Judas as the treasurer of the group ^ahad the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need ^bfor the feast,” or that he was to ^1cgive something to the poor. 30 After taking the piece of bread, he went out immediately; and ^ait was night.

31 So when Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now is the time for ^athe Son of Man to be ^bglorified, and ^cGod is glorified in Him; 32 [¹if God is glorified in Him,] ^aGod will also glorify Him (the Son) in Himself, and will glorify Him at once. 33 ^aLittle children, I am with you only ^ba little longer. ^cYou will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’ John 8:21 34 I am giving you a ^anew commandment, ^bthat you ¹love one another. ^cJust as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. 35 ^aBy this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”

36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “^aWhere I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but ^byou will be able to follow later.” 37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why cannot I follow You now? ^aI will lay down my life for You!” Matt 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:33, 34 38 Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for Me? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, ^abefore a rooster crows you will deny and completely disown Me three times.