16 And Peter said, My master, no, you shall not stoop to wash my feet. 17 And Jesus said, My friend, if I wash not your feet you have no part with me. 18 And Peter said, Then, O my Lord, wash both my feet, my hands, my head. 19 And Jesus said to him, He who has taken first his bath is clean, and has no need to wash, except his feet. 20 The feet are truly symbols of the understanding of the man, and he who would be clean must, in the living stream of life, wash well his understanding every day. 21 Then Jesus sat with his disciples at the table of the feast and said, Behold the lesson of the hour: 22 You call me master; such I am. If, then, your Lord and master kneel and wash your feet, should you not wash each other’s feet and thus show forth your willingness to serve? 23 You know these things, and if you do them, blessed thrice are you. 24 And then he said, This is an hour when I can truly praise the name of God, for I have greatly wished to eat with you this feast before I pass the veil; 25 For I will eat it not again until anew I eat it with you in the kingdom of our Father-God. 26 And then they sung the Hebrew song of praise that Jews were wont to sing before the feast. 27 And then they ate the pasch and as they ate, the master said, Behold, for one of you will turn away this night and will betray me into wicked hands. 28 And the disciples were amazed at what he said; they looked into each other’s face in wonderment; they all exclaimed, Lord, is it I? 29 And Peter said to John, who sat beside the Lord, To whom does he refer? 30 And John put forth his hand and touched the master’s hand and said, Which one of us is so depraved as to betray his Lord? 31 And Judas said, Lord, is it I? 32 And Jesus said, He is the one who now has put his hand with mine into the dish. They looked, and Judas’ hand was with the hand of Jesus in the dish. 33 And Jesus said, The prophets cannot fail; the son of man must be betrayed, but woe to him who shall betray his Lord. 34 And from the table Judas rose at once; his hour had come. 35 And Jesus said to him, Do quickly what you are to do. And Judas went his way. 36 And when the pasch was done the Lord with the eleven sat a while in silent thought. 37 Then Jesus took a loaf of bread that had been broken not and said, This loaf is symbol of my body, and the bread is symbol of the bread of life; 38 And as I break this loaf, so shall my flesh be broken as a pattern for the sons of men; for men must freely give their bodies up in willing sacrifice for other men. 39 And as you eat this bread, so shall you eat the bread of life, and never die. And then he gave to each a piece of bread to eat. 40 And then he took a cup of wine and said, Blood is the life; this is the life-blood of the grape; it is the symbol of the life of him who gives his life for men. 41 And as you drink this wine, if you shall drink in faith, you drink the life of Christ.