John 12:37-13:20

English Standard Version

³⁷ Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, ^38 (A)so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

³⁹ Therefore they ^(C)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

⁴¹ Isaiah said these things because ^(F)he saw his glory and ^(G)spoke of him. ⁴² Nevertheless, ^(H)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(I)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(J)confess it, so that they would not be ^(K)put out of the synagogue; ^43 (L)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, ^(M)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(N)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵ And ^(O)whoever ^(P)sees me sees him who sent me. ^46 (Q)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone ^(R)hears my words and does not keep them, ^(S)I do not judge him; for ^(T)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ^48 (U)The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ^(V)the word that I have spoken will judge him ^(W)on the last day. ⁴⁹ For ^(X)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^(Y)who sent me has himself given me ^(Z)a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet

13 Now ^(AA)before ^(AB)the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that ^(AC)his hour had come ^(AD)to depart out of this world to the Father, ^(AE)having loved ^(AF)his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ² During supper, when ^(AG)the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, ³ Jesus, knowing ^(AH)that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that ^(AI)he had come from God and ^(AJ)was going back to God, ⁴ rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, ^(AK)tied it around his waist. ⁵ Then he ^(AL)poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” ^7 (AM)Jesus answered him, “What I am doing ^(AN)you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” ^8 (AO)Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, ^(AP)“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, ^(AQ)except for his feet,^[a] but is completely clean. And ^(AR)you^[b] are clean, ^(AS)but not every one of you.” ^11 (AT)For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹² When he had washed their feet and ^(AU)put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, ^(AV)“Do you understand what I have done to you? ^13 (AW)You call me ^(AX)Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, ^(AY)you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, ^(AZ)that you also should do just as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BA)a servant^[c] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, ^(BB)blessed are you if you do them. ^18 (BC)I am not speaking of all of you; I know ^(BD)whom I have chosen. But ^(BE)the Scripture will be fulfilled,^{[d] (BF)}‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ ^19 (BG)I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. ²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BH)whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”