John 13:1-21 ▼

1 Before the feast of Easter whan Iesus knewe that his tyme was come, that he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto ye father, as he loued his which were in the worlde, euen so loued he them vnto the ende.

2 And after supper, whan the deuell had allready put into ye hert of Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne, to betraye him,

3 Iesus knowinge that the father had geuen all thinges in to his handes, & that he was come from God, and wente vnto God,

4 he rose from supper, and layed asyde his vpper garmentes, and toke a towell, and gyrde it aboute him.

5 Afterwarde poured he water into a basen, and beganne to wash the disciples fete, and dryed them with the towell, yt he was gyrded withall.

6 Then came he vnto Symon Peter, and ye same sayde vnto him: LORDE, shalt thou washe my fete?

7 Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt knowe it herafter.

8 The sayde Peter vnto him: Thou shalt neuer wash my fete. Iesus answered him: Yf I wash ye not, thou shalt haue no parte with me.

9 Symon Peter sayde vnto him: LORDE, not the fete onely, but the handes also and the heade.

10 Iesus sayde vnto him: He that is wasshe, nedeth not, saue to washe ye fete, but is cleane euery whytt. And ye are cleane but not all.

11 For he knewe his betrayer, therfore sayde he: ye are not all cleane.

12 Now whan he had wasshen their fete, and taken his clothes, he sat him downe agayne, and sayde vnto the: Wote ye what I haue done vnto you?

13 Ye call me master and LORDE, and ye saye right therin, for so I am.

14 Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue wasshen youre fete, ye ought also to wash one anothers fete.

15 I haue geue you an ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you.

16 Verely verely I saye vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde, nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him.

17 Yf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them.

18 I speake not of you all, I knowe whom I haue chosen, but that the scripture might be fulfilled: He yt eateth my bred, hath lift vp his hele against me.

19 I tell it you now, before it come, that whan it is come to passe, ye maye beleue, that I am he.

20 Verely verely I saye vnto you: He that receaueth whom so euer I sende, receaueth me: and he that receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me.

21 Whan Iesus had thus sayde, he was heuy in sprete, and testified, and sayde: Verely verely I saye vnto you: One amonge you shal betraye me.