John 13:6

Contemporary English Version

But when he came to Simon Peter, that disciple asked, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
He came to Simon Peter. But Peter said to him, "Lord, you should not wash my feet."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde to him: Lorde shalt thou wesshe my fete?

Hebrew Names Version
Then he came to Shim`on Kefa. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

International Standard Version
Then he came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"Matthew 3:14;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, You are washing my feet?"

New Century Version
Jesus came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Update Bible Version
So he comes to Simon Peter. He says to him, Lord, do you wash my feet?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he cometh to Simon Peter: and Peter saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

English Standard Version
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

World English Bible
Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then cometh he to Simon Peter, who saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Weymouth's New Testament
When He came to Simon Peter, Peter objected. "Master," he said, "are *you* going to wash my feet?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so he cam to Symount Petre, and Petre seith to hym, Lord, waischist thou my feet?

English Revised Version
So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Berean Standard Bible
He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

Amplified Bible
When He came to Simon Peter, he said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

American Standard Version
So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Bible in Basic English
So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

Complete Jewish Bible
He came to Shim‘on Kefa, who said to him, "Lord! You are washing my feet?"

Darby Translation
He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and *he* says to him, Lord, dost thou wash *my* feet?

Etheridge Translation
But when he came to Shemun Kipha, Shemun said to him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me ?

Murdock Translation
And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said to him: Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me?

King James Version (1611)
Then commeth he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith vnto him, Lord, doest thou wash my feete?

New Living Translation
When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

New Life Bible
Jesus came to Simon Peter. Peter said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

New Revised Standard
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came he to Simon Peter, who sayd to him, Lord, doest thou wash my feete?

George Lamsa Translation
When he came to Simon Peter, Simon said to him, You, my Lord, are you going to wash my feet?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he cometh unto Simon Peter. He saith unto him - Lord, dost, thou, wash my feet?

Douay-Rheims Bible
He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Revised Standard Version
He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde vnto hym: Lorde, doest thou wasshe my feete?

Good News Translation
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Are you going to wash my feet, Lord?"

Christian Standard Bible®
He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

King James Version
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Lexham English Bible
Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Literal Translation
He then came to Simon Peter. And that one said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet?

Young's Literal Translation
He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou -- dost thou wash my feet?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came he vnto Symon Peter, and ye same sayde vnto him: LORDE, shalt thou washe my fete?

Mace New Testament (1729)
then coming to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, Lord, what! would you wash my feet?

New English Translation
Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

New King James Version
Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, "Lord, are You washing my feet?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
When he got to Pete, Pete said, "I ain't gonna let you lower yourself on my account. You ain't washin' my feet, Boss."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"

Legacy Standard Bible
So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

Contextual Overview

¹ It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end. ² Even before the evening meal started, the devil had made Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, decide to betray Jesus. ³ Jesus knew that he had come from God and would go back to God. He also knew that the Father had given him complete power. ⁴ So during the meal Jesus got up, removed his outer garment, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵ He put some water into a large bowl. Then he began washing his disciples' feet and drying them with the towel he was wearing. ⁶ But when he came to Simon Peter, that disciple asked, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" ⁷ Jesus answered, "You don't really know what I am doing, but later you will understand." ⁸ "You will never wash my feet!" Peter replied. "If I don't wash you," Jesus told him, "you don't really belong to me." ⁹ Peter said, "Lord, don't wash just my feet. Wash my hands and my head." ¹⁰ Jesus answered, "People who have bathed and are clean all over need to wash just their feet. And you, my disciples, are clean, except for one of you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Peter: Gr. he

Lord: John 1:27, Matthew 3:11-14, Luke 5:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:18 - General Exodus 18:17 - not good 2 Samuel 6:20 - glorious Jeremiah 13:2 - according Matthew 3:14 - John Matthew 8:8 - I am Matthew 16:22 - began Mark 8:32 - Peter John 13:8 - If

Cross-References

Genesis 13:6
At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the same area, and so there wasn't enough pastureland left for Abram and Lot with all of their animals. Besides this, the men who took care of Abram's animals and the ones who took care of Lot's animals started quarreling.

Genesis 13:10
This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.

Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself, and as he started toward the east, he and Abram separated.

Genesis 13:17
Now walk back and forth across the land, because I am giving it to you.

Genesis 13:18
Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord .

1 Timothy 6:9
People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then cometh he to Simon Peter,.... After having washed the feet of some of the disciples, as is thought by some interpreters, and particularly the feet of Judas, without any repulse; though others are of opinion that he began with Peter, who modestly, and out of reverence to him, refuses to be washed by him:

and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet! he speaks as one surprised and astonished that Christ should offer to do any such thing to him; that he, who was the Son of the living God, should wash the feet of such a sinful man as he was; that those hands, with which he had wrought such miracles, as the opening the eyes of the blind, cleansing lepers, and raising the dead, should be employed in washing his defiled feet, the meaner and inferior parts of his body; this he thought was greatly below his dignity and character, and too much to be done by him to such a worthless creature as he was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dost thou wash my feet? - Every word here is emphatic. Dost thou - the Son of God, the Messiah - perform the humble office of a servant - toward me, a sinner? This was an expression of Peter’s humility, of his reverence for Jesus, and also a refusal to allow him to do it. It is possible, though not certain from the text, that he came to Simon Peter first.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 13:6. Lord, dost THOU wash MY feet? — Every word here is exceedingly emphatic. Peter had often seen the great humility of his Lord, but never saw his condescension so particularly marked as in this instance.