1 Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
2 So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
3 Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,
4 Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.
5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.
6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?
7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.
8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.
9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.
10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.
11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.)
12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?
13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.
14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.
15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.
16 Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.
17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.
1 逾越节以前， 耶稣知道自己离开这世界回到父那里去的时候到了。他既然爱世上属于自己的人， 就爱他们到底。
2 吃晚饭的时候（魔鬼已经把出卖耶稣的意念放在西门的儿子加略人犹大的心里），
3 耶稣知道父已经把万有交在他手中， 并且知道自己从 神而来， 又要回到 神那里去，
4 就起身离席， 脱去外衣， 拿一条手巾束腰。
5 然后他倒了一盆水， 洗门徒的脚， 并且用束腰的手巾擦干。
6 轮到西门．彼得， 彼得就说： "主啊， 你要洗我的脚吗？"
7 耶稣回答： "我所作的， 你现在不知道， 以后就会明白。"
8 彼得说： "不行， 你千万不可洗我的脚！ "耶稣说： "如果我不洗你的脚， 你就与我没有关系了。"
9 西门．彼得说： "主啊， 那就不单洗我的脚， 连我的手和头都洗吧！ "
10 耶稣说： "洗过澡的人， 全身都洁净， 只需要洗脚就可以了。你们是洁净的， 但不是人人都是这样。"
11 原来耶稣知道谁要出卖他， 所以他说"你们不是人人都是洁净的"。
12 耶稣洗完了门徒的脚， 就穿上外衣， 再坐下来， 对他们说： "我给你们作的， 你们明白吗？
13 你们称呼我‘老师， 主’， 你们说得对， 我本来就是。
14 我是主， 是老师， 尚且洗你们的脚， 你们也应当彼此洗脚。
15 我作了你们的榜样， 是要你们也照着我所作的去行。
16 我实实在在告诉你们， 仆人不能大过主人， 奉差遣的也不能大过差他的人。
17 你们既然知道这些事， 如果去实行， 就有福了。