John 13:15

I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

16Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

1 Peter 2:21This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

1 John 2:6He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →

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