40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. ^uThis is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. ^vWe have one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^wyou would ^xlove me, for I came from God and I am here. ^yI came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of ^zyour father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a ^amurderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and ^bthe father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? ^cIf I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 ^dWhoever is of God hears the words of God. ^eThe reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that ^lhis hour had come ^mto 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, when the devil had already ⁿput it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given ^oall things into his hands, and ^pthat he had come from God and ^qwas going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to ^rwash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but ^safterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,¹ but is completely clean. And ^tyou² are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 For he ^uknew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand 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, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an ^vexample, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^wa servant³ is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, ^xblessed are you if you do them.