Lexham English Bible

John 13:8-16 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8. Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet forever!” Jesus replied to him, “Unless I wash you, you do not have a share with me.”

9. Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

10. Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed only needs to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all of you.”

11. (For he knew the one who would betray him; because of this he said, “Not all of you are clean.”)

12. So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothing and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you?

13. You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you speak correctly, for I am.

14. If then I—your Lord and Teacher—wash your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

15. For I have given you an example, that just as I have done for you, you also do.

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