John 13:4-10 ▼

4 he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself.

5 Next he put water into a shallow bowl, and he began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he was wrapped.

6 And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”

7 Jesus responded and said to him: “What I am doing, you do not now understand. But you shall understand it afterward.”

8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you will have no place with me.”

9 Simon Peter said to him, “Then Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”

10 Jesus said to him: “He who is washed need only wash his feet, and then he will be entirely clean. And you are clean, but not all.”