John 13

Modern

Literal

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

¹It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.^a

¹Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come, that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

²The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

²And supper taking place and the devil already having put into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot that he should betray Him,

³Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

³knowing that the Father has given to Him all things into the hands, and that He came forth from God and He is going to God,

⁴So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

⁴He rises from the supper and lays aside His garments. And having taken a towel, He girded Himself.

⁵After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

⁵After that, He pours water into the basin, and He began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

⁶He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

⁶Then He comes to Simon Peter, who says to Him, “Lord, do You wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do, you do not know presently, but you will know after these things.”

⁸“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him.

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

⁸Peter says to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet, to the age!” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

⁹“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

⁹Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head!”

¹⁰Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

¹⁰Jesus says to him, “The one having been bathed has no need to wash, except the feet, but is wholly clean. And you all are clean, but not all.”

¹¹For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹¹For He knew the one who is betraying Him; on account of this He said, “You are not all clean.”

¹²When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?

¹²Therefore when He washed their feet and took His garments and reclined again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

¹³You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

¹³You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say rightly, for I am.

¹⁴So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

¹⁴Therefore if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another.

¹⁵I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

¹⁵For I gave you an example so that as I did to you, you also should do.

¹⁶Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,^a nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

¹⁶Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one having sent him.

¹⁷If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

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

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

¹⁸I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’^a

¹⁸I speak not about all of you—I know whom I chose—but so that the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘The one eating My bread lifted up his heel against Me.’

¹⁹I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

¹⁹I am telling you from this time, before it comes to pass, so that when it comes to pass you should believe that I am He.

²⁰Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, the one receiving anyone I shall send receives Me, and the one receiving Me receives the One having sent Me.”

²¹After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

²¹Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and He testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will deliver Me up.”

²²The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant.

²²The disciples began to look upon one another, being uncertain of whom He is speaking.

²³One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.^a

²³There was reclining one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved, in the bosom of Jesus.

²⁴So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.

²⁴Therefore Simon Peter motions to this one to ask who it is about whom He is speaking.

²⁵Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁵Then he thus, having leaned on the breast of Jesus, says to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

²⁶Then Jesus answers, “It is he to whom I will dip the morsel and will give it to him.” Then, having dipped the morsel, He takes it and gives it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

²⁷And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him.

Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

²⁷And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Therefore Jesus says to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

²⁸But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.

²⁸Now none of those reclining knew toward what He said this to him.

²⁹Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

²⁹For some were thinking, since Judas had the money bag, that Jesus is saying to him, “Buy what things we have need of for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

³⁰As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.

³⁰Therefore, having received the morsel, he went out immediately. And it was night.

Love One Another

³¹When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

³¹Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus says, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him.

³²If God is glorified in Him,^a God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

³²If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and He will glorify Him immediately.

³³Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

³³Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek Me, and as I said to the Jews, now I say also to you: ‘Where I go, you are not able to come.’

³⁴A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

³⁴A new commandment I give to you, that you should love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.

³⁵By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

³⁵By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you shall have love among one another.”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

³⁶“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked.

Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

³⁶Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I go, you are not able to follow Me now, but you will follow afterward.”

³⁷“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”

³⁷Peter says to Him, “Lord, why am I not able to follow You presently? I will lay down my life for You.”

³⁸“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

³⁸Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow until you will deny Me three times.