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John 13:4

Serving othersHumility

2 The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

3 Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
KJV
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
WEB
arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist.
ASV
riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girded himself.
DARBY
rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself:
BLB
He rises from the supper and lays aside [His] garments. And having taken a towel, He girded Himself.
ÅB
så står han opp fra måltidet og legger sine klær av seg og tar et linklede og binder om seg.
OTB
reiste seg fra måltidet, la av seg ytterklærne og tok et håndkle og bandt det rundt livet.
B1930
så står han op fra måltidet og legger sine klær av sig og tar et linklæde og binder om sig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

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  • Luke 22:27

    For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

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  • Luke 12:37

    Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

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  • Philippians 2:6–8

    Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

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  • Luke 17:7

    Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

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