John 13

Peter's Resistance and Understanding John 13:6–11

⁶Verse 6. Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”⁷Verse 7. Jesus answered him,“You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”⁸Verse 8. Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!”Jesus answered him,“If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”⁹Verse 9. Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”¹⁰Verse 10. Jesus said to him,“Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”¹¹Verse 11. For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said,“You are not all clean.”

The Example of Servanthood John 13:12–17

¹²Verse 12. So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³Verse 13. You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am. ¹⁴Verse 14. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵Verse 15. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶Verse 16. Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

¹⁷Verse 17. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

The Betrayal Revealed John 13:18–30

¹⁸Verse 18. I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’ ¹⁹Verse 19. From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he. ²⁰Verse 20. Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.” ²¹Verse 21. When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

²²Verse 22. The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke. ²³Verse 23. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast. ²⁴Verse 24. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.” ²⁵Verse 25. He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast, asked him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶Verse 26. Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷Verse 27. After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

²⁸Verse 28. Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him. ²⁹Verse 29. For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰Verse 30. Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.

A New Commandment to Love John 13:31–35

³¹Verse 31. When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. ³²Verse 32. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately. ³³Verse 33. Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you. ³⁴Verse 34. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. ³⁵Verse 35. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Peter's Denial Predicted John 13:36–38

³⁶Verse 36. Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?”Jesus answered,“Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”³⁷Verse 37. Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”³⁸Verse 38. Jesus answered him,“Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.