John 13:12-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Meaning of Footwashing

¹² When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His robe, He reclined^[a] again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³ You call Me Teacher and Lord. This is well said, for I am. ¹⁴ So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.^{(A) 15} For I have given you an example^(B) that you also should do just as I have done for you.

¹⁶ “I assure you: A slave is not greater than his master,^[b](C) and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.^(D)