John 13:14
12 When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
15 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
- KJV
- If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- WEB
- If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- ASV
- If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another`s feet.
- DARBY
- If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;
- BLB
- Therefore if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your⁺ feet, you⁺ also ought to wash the feet of one another.
- ÅB
- Har nå jeg, deres herre og mester, vasket deres føtter, så er også dere skyldige å vaske hverandres føtter.
- OTB
- Hvis jeg, deres Herre og Mester, har vasket deres føtter, bør også dere vaske hverandres føtter.
- B1930
- Har nu jeg, eders herre og mester, vasket eders føtter, så er også I skyldige å vaske hverandres føtter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read in contextActs 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Read in contextRomans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Read in contextGalatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Read in contextLuke 22:26–27
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
Read in context1 Peter 4:1
Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
Read in contextMark 10:43–45
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Read in contextHebrews 5:8–9
Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
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