John 13:11-38
13:11 (For Jesus
knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, “Not every one of you is
clean.”)
13:12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you?
13:13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.
13:14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.
13:15 For I have given you an example – you should do just as I have done for you.
13:16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
13:17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal
13:18 “What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
13:19 I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.
13:20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
13:21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, “I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
13:22 The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about.
13:23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.
13:24 So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to.
13:25 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus’ chest and asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
13:26 Jesus replied, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.” Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.
13:27 And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
13:28 (Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.
13:29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)
13:30 Judas took the piece of bread and went out immediately. (Now it was night.)
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial
13:31 When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
13:32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.
13:33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
13:34 “I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
13:35 Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”
13:36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
13:37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”
13:38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!