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John 13:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. "

John 13:14

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12 So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

13 You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.

14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

15 For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.

16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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John 13:1

"Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end."

John 13:2

"During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,"

John 13:3

"Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,"

John 13:4

"arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist."

John 13:5

"Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him."

John 13:6

"Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”"

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