John 13:9

Amplified Bible

Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, [in that case, wash] not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”

King James Version (1611)
Simon Peter saith vnto him, Lord, not my feete only, but also my hands, and my head.

King James Version
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

English Standard Version
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

New American Standard Bible
Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

New Century Version
Simon Peter answered, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but wash my hands and my head, too!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

Legacy Standard Bible
Simon Peter *said to Him, "Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

Berean Standard Bible
"Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"

Contemporary English Version
Peter said, "Lord, don't wash just my feet. Wash my hands and my head."

Complete Jewish Bible
"Lord," Shim‘on Kefa replied, "not only my feet, but my hands and head too!"

Darby Translation
Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

Easy-to-Read Version
Simon Peter said, "Lord, after you wash my feet, wash my hands and my head too!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Simon Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, not my feete onely, but also the hands and the head.

George Lamsa Translation
Simon Peter said to him, Then, my Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.

Good News Translation
Simon Peter answered, "Lord, do not wash only my feet, then! Wash my hands and head, too!"

Lexham English Bible
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"

Literal Translation
Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.

American Standard Version
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

Bible in Basic English
Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

Hebrew Names Version
Shim`on Kefa said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"

International Standard Version
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"

Etheridge Translation
Shemun Kipha saith to him, Then, my Lord, not only my feet shalt thou wash for me, but also my hands, also my head.

Murdock Translation
Simon Cephas said to him: Then, my Lord, not my feet only shalt thou wash, but also my hands and my head.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Simon Peter sayth vnto him: Lorde, not my feete only, but also the handes, and the head.

English Revised Version
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

World English Bible
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Master," said Peter, "wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Symount Petre seith to hym, Lord, not oneli my feet, but bothe the hoondis and the heed.

Update Bible Version
Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

Webster's Bible Translation
Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head.

New English Translation
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

New King James Version
Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"

New Living Translation
Simon Peter exclaimed, "Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!"

New Life Bible
Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, do not wash only my feet, but wash my hands and my head also."

New Revised Standard
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Simon Peter saith unto him - Lord! not my feet only, but my hands also, and my head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.

Revised Standard Version
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Simon Peter sayde vnto him: Lorde not my fete only: but also my handes and my heed.

Young's Literal Translation
Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Symon Peter sayde vnto him: LORDE, not the fete onely, but the handes also and the heade.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

THE MESSAGE
"Master!" said Peter. "Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pete changed his tone quickly and said, "Then start at my feet and then wash my hands and head!"

Contextual Overview

¹Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come [and it was time] for Him to leave this world and return to 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). ²It was during supper, when the devil had already put [the thought of] betraying Jesus into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, ³that Jesus, knowing that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God, ⁴got up from supper, took off His [outer] robe, and taking a [servant's] towel, He tied it around His waist. ⁵Then He poured water into the basin and began washing the disciples' feet and wiping them with the towel which was tied around His waist. ⁶When He came to Simon Peter, he said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?" ⁷Jesus replied to him, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but you will [fully] understand it later." ⁸Peter said to Him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me [we can have nothing to do with each other]." ⁹Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, [in that case, wash] not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"¹⁰Jesus said to him, "Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

not: Psalms 26:6, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 27:24, Hebrews 10:22, 1 Peter 3:21

Cross-References

Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife and disagreement between you and me, nor between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, because we are relatives.

Genesis 13:12
Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled in the cities of the valley and camped as far as Sodom and lived there.

Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were extremely wicked and sinful against the LORD [unashamed in their open sin before Him].

Genesis 13:18
Then Abram broke camp and moved his tent, and came and settled by the [grove of the great] terebinths (oak trees) of Mamre [the Amorite], which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to [honor] the LORD.

Genesis 20:15
So Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."

Genesis 34:10
"In this way you shall live with us; the country will be open to you; live and do business in it and acquire property and possessions in it."

Psalms 120:7
I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for war.

Romans 12:18
If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

1 Corinthians 6:7
Why, the very fact that you have lawsuits with one another is already a defeat. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Hebrews 12:14
Continually pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will [ever] see the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Simon Peter saith unto him,.... Being convinced of his mistake in not submitting to Christ, fearing he should he deprived of communion with him, than which nothing was more desirable to him, or more highly esteemed of by him, says,

Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head; which shows the sense he had of the general pollution of his nature, and the need he stood in particularly of having his feet, hands, and head washed both as a minister, and a believer. By his "feet" may be meant, either the grace of faith, which is the foot of the soul, by which it goes to Christ, and walks on in him, and was not without its imperfections; or the affections of the mind, which are that to the soul, as feet are to the body; and when they move right, move heavenward, Godward, and Christward; but sometimes they are inordinate, and cleave to the things of this world: or the outward life and conversation is meant, which is attended with daily infirmities; and each of these need washing in the blood of Christ. His "hands" may design all his actions, works, services, duties, and performances, the hand being the instrument of action; and not only the hands of wicked men, but even of saints, need washing, their best righteousnesses being as filthy rags. By his "head" may be meant doctrines and principles imbibed in the mind, and expressed by the lips, which were not free from mistake and pollution, and needed purging and cleansing; for the disciples were not as yet clear from the prejudices of the Jewish nation, especially relating to the nature of the Messiah's kingdom.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not my feet only ... - Peter, with characteristic readiness and ardor, saw now that everything depended on this. His whole salvation, the entire question of his attachment to his Master, was involved. If to refuse to have his feet washed was to be regarded as evidence that he had no part with Jesus, he was not only willing, but desirous that it should be done; not only anxious that his feet should be cleansed, but his hands and his head - that is, that he should be cleansed entirely, thoroughly. Perhaps he saw the spiritual meaning of the Saviour, and expressed his ardent wish that his whole soul might be made pure by the work of Christ. A true Christian is desirous of being cleansed from all sin. He has no reserve. He wishes not merely that one evil propensity should be removed, but all; that every thought should be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5; and that his whole body, soul, and spirit should be sanctified wholly and be preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thessalonians 5:23. His intellect, his will, his affections, his fancy, memory, judgment, he desires should be all brought under the influence of the gospel, and every power of the body and mind be consecrated unto God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 13:9. Lord, not my feet only, &c.] It appears that Peter entered into our Lord's meaning, and saw that this was emblematical of a spiritual cleansing: therefore he wishes to be completely washed.