After He washed their feet, put on His garments, and sat down again,
He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master
and Lord. And ye say well for so I am. If I, then, your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I
have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. Neither
He that is sent greater than He that sent Him. If ye know these things,
happy are ye if ye do them.
I speak not of all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up
his heel against me. Now I tell you before it comes so when it is come
to pass, ye may believe that I am He. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me. He that receiveth me
receiveth Him that sent me.
When Jesus had thus said, He was troubled in spirit and testified saying,
Verily, verily, I say unto you that one of you shall betray me. Then the
disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom He spoke. Now there
was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon
Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of
whom He spoke. He, then, lying on Jesus' breast, saith unto Him, Lord,
who is it? Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop when I
have dipped it. When He had dipped the sop He gave it to Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon. And, after the sop, Satan entered into him. Then said
Jesus to him, What thou doest, do quickly.
No man at the table knew for what intent He said this to him. Some of
them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy
those things that we have need of for the feast, or that he should give
something to the poor. He then, having received the sop, went immediately
out. It was night. After he was gone, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man
glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God be glorified in Him, God
shall also glorify Him in Himself. Little children, yet a little while I
am with you. Ye shall seek me and, as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go,
ye cannot come. So now I give you a new commandment. Love one another as
I have loved you. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one for another.
Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, whither goest Thou? Jesus answered
him, Whither I go thou cannot follow me now, but thou shalt follow me
afterwards. Peter said unto Him, Lord, why cannot I follow Thee now? I
will lay down my life for Thy sake. Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay
down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Thou shall
deny me thrice before the cock crows.
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