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¹ And before the Celebration of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour has come, that He may depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who [are] in the world—to the end He loved them.² And dinner having come, the Devil already having put [it] into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver Him up,³ Jesus knowing that all things the Father has given to Him—into [His] hands, and that He came forth from God, and He goes to God,⁴ rises from the dinner, and lays down His garments, and having taken a towel, He girded Himself;⁵ afterward He puts water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of His disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which He was being girded.⁶ He comes, therefore, to Simon Peter, and that one says to Him, "Lord, You—do You wash my feet?"⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, "That which I do you have not known now, but you will know after these things";⁸ Peter says to Him, "You may not wash my feet—throughout the age." Jesus answered him, "If I may not wash you, you have no part with Me";⁹ Simon Peter says to Him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head."¹⁰ Jesus says to him, "He who has been bathed has no need except to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and you are clean, but not all";¹¹ for He knew him who is delivering Him up; because of this He said, "You are not all clean."¹² When, therefore, He washed their feet, and took His garments, having reclined again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?¹³ You call Me the Teacher and the LORD, and you say well, for I am;¹⁴ if then I washed your feet—the LORD and the Teacher—you also ought to wash one another's feet.¹⁵ For I gave to you an example, that, according as I did to you, you also may do;¹⁶ truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;¹⁷ if you have known these things, you are blessed if you may do them;

¹⁸ I do not speak concerning you all; I have known whom I chose for Myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with Me, lifted up his heel against Me.¹⁹ From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, you may believe that I AM;²⁰ truly, truly, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, receives Me; and he who is receiving Me, receives Him who sent Me."²¹ Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will deliver Me up";²² the disciples were looking, therefore, at one another, doubting concerning of whom He speaks.²³ And there was one of His disciples reclining in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving;²⁴ Simon Peter, then, beckons to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom He speaks,²⁵ and that one having leaned back on the breast of Jesus, responds to Him, "Lord, who is it?"²⁶ Jesus answers, "It is that one to whom I, having dipped the morsel, will give it"; and having dipped the morsel, He gives [it] to Judas of Simon, Iscariot.²⁷ And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that one. Jesus, therefore, says to him, "What you do—do quickly";²⁸ and none of those reclining to eat knew for what intent He said this to him,²⁹ for certain [of them] were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus says to him, "Buy what we have need of for the celebration"; or that he may give something to the poor;³⁰ having received, therefore, the morsel, that one immediately went forth, and it was night.

³¹ When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus says, "Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in Him;³² if God was glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself; indeed, He will immediately glorify Him.³³ Little children, yet a little [while] am I with you; you will seek Me, and according as I said to the Jews, I also say to you now: To where I go away, you are not able to come.³⁴ A new command I give to you, that you love one another; according as I loved you, that you also love one another;³⁵ in this will all know that you are My disciples, if you may have love one to another."

³⁶ Simon Peter says to Him, "Lord, to where do You go away?" Jesus answered him, "To where I go away, you are not able now to follow Me, but afterward you will follow Me."³⁷ Peter says to Him, "Lord, why am I not able to follow You now? I will lay down my life for You";³⁸ Jesus answered him, "You will lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you may deny Me three times."