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Now before the Feast of ^(C1)the Passover, Jesus, knowing that ^(C2)His hour had come that He would depart from this world ^(C3)to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them ^(F1)to the end.

And during supper, ^(C1)the devil having already put into the heart of ^(C2)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

Jesus, ^(C1)knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that ^(C2)He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

^(*)got up from supper and ^(*)laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and ^(C1)tied it around Himself.

Then He ^(*)poured water into the basin, and began ^(C1)washing the disciples' feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself.

So He ^(*)came to Simon Peter. He ^(*)said to Him, "Lord, You are washing my feet?"

Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand ^(C1)later."

Peter ^(*)said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "^(C1)If I do not wash you, ^(C2)you have no ^(F1)place with Me."

Simon Peter ^(*)said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

Jesus ^(*)said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And ^(C1)you are clean—but ^(F1)not all of you."

For ^(C1)He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, "Not all of you are clean."

Then, when He had washed their feet, and ^(C1)taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done for you?

"You call Me ^(C1)'Teacher' and ^(C2)'Lord'; and ^(F1)you are correct, for so I am.

"So if I, ^(C1)the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

"For I gave you ^(C1)an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you.

"Truly, truly I say to you, ^(C1)a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^(F1)(C2)one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

"If you know these things, you are ^(C1)blessed if you do them.

"^(C1)I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have ^(C2)chosen; but this is happening ^(C3)so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, '^(C4)HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'

"From now on ^(C1)I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that ^(C2)I am He.

"Truly, truly I say to you, ^(C1)the one who ^(F1)receives anyone I send, ^(F1)receives Me; and the one who ^(F1)receives Me ^(F1)receives Him who sent Me."