{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wnt/john/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:34:23.623Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":13,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":38},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them  to the end."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"While supper was proceeding, the Devil having by this time suggested to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, the thought of betraying Him, Jesus,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"although He knew that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was now going to God,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"rose from the table, threw off His upper garments, and took a towel and tied it round Him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then He poured water into a basin, and proceeded to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel which He had put round Him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When He came to Simon Peter, Peter objected. |Master,| he said, |are *you* going to wash my feet?|"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"|What I am doing,| answered Jesus, |for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|Never, while the world lasts,| said Peter, |shall you wash my feet.| |If I do not wash you,| replied Jesus, |you have no share with me.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|Master,| said Peter, |wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"|Any one who has lately bathed,| said Jesus, |does not need to wash  more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For He knew who was betraying Him, and that was why He said, |You are not all of you clean.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So after He had washed their feet, put on His garments again, and returned to the table, He said to them, |Do you understand what I have done to you?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You call me 'The  Rabbi' and 'The  Master,' and rightly so, for such I am."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For I have set you an example in order that you may do what I have done to you."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but things are as they are in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says, 'He who eats  my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"From this time forward I tell you things before they happen, in order that when they do happen you may believe that  I am He."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who receives whoever I send receives me, and that he who receives me receives Him who sent me.|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"After speaking thus Jesus was troubled in spirit and said with deep earnestness, |In most solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know to which of them He was referring."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"There was at table one of His disciples--the one Jesus  loved--  reclining with his head on Jesus's bosom."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Making a sign therefore to him, Simon Peter said, |Tell us to whom he is referring.|"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"So he, having his head on Jesus's bosom, leaned back and asked, |Master, who is it?|"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"|It is the one,| answered Jesus, |for whom I shall  dip this piece of bread and to whom I shall give it.| Accordingly He dipped the piece of bread, and took it and gave it to Judas, the son of the Iscariot Simon."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Then, after Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. |Lose no time  about it,| said Jesus to him."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But why He said this no one else at the table understood."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Some,  however, supposed that because Judas had the money-box Jesus meant, |Buy what we require for the Festival,| or that he should give something to the poor."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"So Judas took the piece of bread and immediately went out. And it was night."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"So when he was gone out, Jesus said, |Now  is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Moreover God will glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him without delay."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Dear children, I am still with you a little longer. You will seek me, but, as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' so for the present I say to you."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"A new commandment I give you,  to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another.|"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"|Master,| inquired Simon Peter, |where are you going?| |Where I am going,| replied Jesus, |you cannot be my follower now, but you shall be later.|"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"|Master,| asked Peter again, |why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my  life on your behalf."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"|You say you will lay down your life on my behalf!| said Jesus; |in most solemn truth I tell you that  the cock will not crow before you have three times disowned me.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"John 13 (WNT)","markdown":"[John 13](https://primebible.com/wnt/john/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/john/13 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}