Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

131 Now 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 . 2 During supper , the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot , the son of Simon , to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands , and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God , 4 got up from supper , and laid aside His garments ; and taking a towel , He girded Himself . 5 Then He poured water into the basin , and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded . 6 So He came to Simon Peter . He said to Him, "Lord , do You wash my feet ?" 7 Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now , but you will understand hereafter e ." 8 Peter said to Him, "Never e shall You wash my feet !" Jesus answered him, " If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." 9 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord , then wash not only my feet , but also my hands and my head ." 10 Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only e e to wash his feet , but is completely clean ; and you are clean , but not all of you." 11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said , "Not all of you are clean ." 12 So when He had washed their feet , and taken His garments and reclined at the table again , He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13 "You call Me Teacher and Lord ; and you are right , for so I am . 14 "If I then , the Lord and the Teacher , washed your feet , you also ought to wash one another's feet . 15 "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. 16 "Truly , truly , I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master , nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 "If you know these things , you are blessed if you do them.

18 " I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen ; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled , ' HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.' 19 "From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass , so that when it does occur , you may believe that I am He. 20 "Truly , truly , I say to you, he who receives whomever e I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

Jesus Foretells His Betrayal

21 When Jesus had said this , He became troubled in spirit , and testified and said , "Truly , truly , I say to you, that one of you will betray Me." 22 The disciples began looking at one another , at a loss to know of which one He was speaking . 23 There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples , whom Jesus loved . 24 So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking ." 25 He, leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom , said to Him, "Lord , who is it?" 26 Jesus then answered , "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel , He took and gave it to Judas , the son of Simon Iscariot . 27 After the morsel , Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do , do quickly ." 28 Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. 29 For some were supposing , because Judas had the money box , that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast "; or else , that he should give something to the poor . 30 So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately ; and it was night .

The New Commandment

31 Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said , "Now is the Son of Man glorified , and God is glorified in Him; 32 if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself , and will glorify Him immediately . 33 " Little children , I am with you a little while longer . You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews , now I also say to you, 'Where I am going , you cannot e come .' 34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another , even as I have loved you, that you also love one another . 35 " By this all men will know that you are My disciples , if you have love for one another ."

Peter's Denial Foretold

36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord , where are You going ?" Jesus answered , " Where I go , you cannot e follow Me now ; but you will follow later ." 37 Peter said to Him, "Lord , why e can I not follow You right now ? I will lay down my life for You." 38 Jesus answered , "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly , truly , I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times .

Jesus and Nicodemus

31 Now there was a man of the Pharisees , named Nicodemus , a ruler of the Jews ; 2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, " Rabbi , we know that You have come from God as a teacher ; for no one can do these signs that You do unless e God is with him." 3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly , truly , I say to you, unless e one is born again he cannot e see the kingdom of God ." 4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old ? He cannot e enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born , can he?" 5 Jesus answered , "Truly , truly , I say to you, unless e one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot e enter into the kingdom of God . 6 " That which is born of the flesh is flesh , and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit . 7 "Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again .' 8 " The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going ; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit ." 9 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can these things be?" 10 Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things ? 11 "Truly , truly , I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen , and you do not accept our testimony . 12 "If I told you earthly things and you do not believe , how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things ? 13 " No one has ascended into heaven , but He who descended from heaven : the Son of Man . 14 "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life .

God So Loved the World

16 "For God so loved the world , that He gave His only begotten Son , that whoever believes in Him shall not perish , but have eternal life . 17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world , but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 " He who believes in Him is not judged ; he who does not believe has been judged already , because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God . 19 "This is the judgment , that the Light has come into the world , and men loved the darkness rather than the Light , for their deeds were evil . 20 " For everyone who does evil hates the Light , and does not come to the Light for fear e that his deeds will be exposed . 21 "But he who practices the truth comes to the Light , so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God ."

He Must Increase, but I Must Decrease

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea , and there He was spending time with them and baptizing . 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim , because there was much water there ; and people were coming and were being baptized - 24 for John had not yet been thrown into prison . 25 Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification . 26 And they came to John and said to him, " Rabbi , He who was with you beyond the Jordan , to whom you have testified , behold , He is baptizing and all are coming to Him." 27 John answered and said , " A man can receive nothing e unless e it has been given him from heaven . 28 "You yourselves are my witnesses that I said , ' I am not the Christ ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.' 29 "He who has the bride is the bridegroom ; but the friend of the bridegroom , who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice . So this joy of mine has been made full . 30 "He must increase , but I must decrease .

The Testimony from Heaven

31 " He who comes from above is above all , he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth . He who comes from heaven is above all . 32 "What He has seen and heard , of that He testifies ; and no one receives His testimony . 33 "He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true . 34 "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God ; for He gives the Spirit without e measure . 35 " The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand . 36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life ; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life , but the wrath of God abides on him."